Posted inMiscellaneous
Ask Me Anything
In case the title of this post didn't tip my hand, here is where I shall be gathering questions for an Ask Me Anything post! Any questions you'd like me to answer, just leave them in a comment on this…
Posted inMiscellaneous
Three Year Blogiversary
Like Uncle Benjamin, I must say an original thing: how time flies! Would you have imagined that my humble little corner of the Internet is celebrating its three year blogiversary today? Though in a way, it almost feels like longer…
Posted inMiscellaneous
Sunshine Blogger Award #5
Miss K of Today with Miss K has very kindly tagged me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! (I know I just did a tag for my last post, but I've gotten behind on tags and am trying to catch up…
Posted inOldies Music Vintage-ness
The Music Tag
The Hopeful Pen at With Joy for the Work has very kindly tagged me for the Music Tag! I love tags and I love music, so this is a perfect combination. Here are the rules: Write ten songs that come…
Posted inBookishness Homemaking
Inklings // August 2025 (Eight Cousins)
The prompt for August's Inklings link-up (check out Heidi's post here for the rules to link up!) is a breadmaking scene in book or film. For some reason I had an extraordinarily hard time thinking of breadmaking scenes, and the…
Posted inPeriod Dramas
Bleak House (2005) Review
I should start this review off with a confession. Although I didn't love every single thing about the 2005 Bleak House, and although it drove me to say more than once (though not often) that stinging indictment "that's not how…
Posted inVintage-ness
Would You Rather: Classic Movie Edition
Our moral for today is that it pays to waste time snooping around in other people's blog archives, because I found an immensely fun-looking tag from a classic movie blog party which Cordy at Any Merry Little Thought hosted...um, just…
Posted inPeriod Dramas Vintage-ness
Inklings // July 2025 (The Court Jester)
The prompt for July's Inklings (check out Heidi's post here for details on linking up!) is a sword dueling scene in book or film. There are plenty of thrilling, intense sword-dueling scenes I could choose, but the first scene that…
Posted inSpiritual Life
Upcoming Canonizations
You may already know this, but the new news in the Catholic world is that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati are going to be canonized on September 7! Bl. Pier Giorgio especially is one of my 'special…
Posted inVintage-ness
Dressing Vintage on a Budget
I love vintage clothing. I would love to dress like I stepped out of the 1950s every day. However, vintage clothing costs money, and I have other technically more important things I need to spend my money on. Therefore, over…