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Leishmania

21/05/2019

Let me introduce you to a friend

I want to tell you all about a friend of mine. He moved to England a few years ago for a better life, but he speaks very little English, hasn’t yet found a job and has never, as far as I’m aware, paid any tax. He sits around a lot and his efforts to integrate with… Continue reading

Dogs

cancer in dogs, dogs, elderly dogs, Indifferent Ignorance, Leishmania
29/07/2013

I Wrote This Lovely Post About My Dogs Then One of Them Refused to Acknowledge My Existence and Made Me Late

(It was all academic though, because I fucked up times and should have been there four-and-a-half hours earlier.) I spent half an hour last week working on my CV, which is… interesting. I get that we have to sell ourselves and everything, but it’s hard to explain that my favourite hobby – sitting with Fred and Adonis and falling… Continue reading

Dogs, July 2013, My Family and Other Animals, Photogenius

Adonis, blankets, dogs, Fred, Indifferent Ignorance, Leishmania, Leishmaniasis, medication, old-man dogs, playing catch, sofas, tablets
20/12/2012

Some News (and I’m not being funny this time)

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December 2012, Paywall

Indifferent Ignorance, Leishmania, Leishmaniasis

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Francesca Astraea here.

When I began this blog in 2009, I was a teenager. That’s why you’ll find some posts have been hidden behind a paywall. I was an incredibly different, less eloquent person when I was a teen, so if you want to read the thoughts of that teenager, you can join the No. 1 Readers’ Club for access.

What will you find here now?

This blog continues to evolve with me. My favourite topics are books and reading, travel adventures, the extensive works of up and coming rock band My Chemical Romance and the occasional update about my life and work as an author and scriptwriter. I’m also interested in digital minimalism, how we can solve environmental issues and why it’s probably a better idea to make a cup of tea than it is to shout at people you disagree with.

Speaking of tea… Make a cup and settle in.

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Leishmania

Let me introduce you to a friend

I Wrote This Lovely Post About My Dogs Then One of Them Refused to Acknowledge My Existence and Made Me Late

Some News (and I’m not being funny this time)