Starlight and Saucepans

painting of a woman reading by a set dinner table

The Reader Problems Tag

The Hopeful Pen at With Joy for the Work has very kindly tagged me (quite some time ago...sorry about that!) for the Reader Problems tag! Tags are always fun, and tags about books are especially delightful, so let's get into…

By Lizzie Hexam October 5, 2026BookishnessNo Comments

Miscellaneous

Lah di dah, di dah di dum, ’tis Autumn (Autumn Pictures Part 1)

Happy official first day of fall! (...she wrote in her draft, thinking she actually would get this up on the first day of fall. Whoops.) I'm always excited for autumn. It's one of my favorite seasons, and I've done a…

By Lizzie Hexam September 28, 2026Miscellaneous6 Comments

Bookishness

Inklings // July 2026 (The Wind in the Willows)

The prompt for July's Inklings link-up (check out Heidi's post here for the rules to link up!) is a picnic scene in book or film. There are innumerable wonderful picnic scenes to choose from, but the picnic scene I'm choosing…

By Lizzie Hexam August 27, 2026Bookishness2 Comments

Fred Astaire planning a dance with Hermes Pan

Vintage-ness

My Top 5 Favorite Fred Astaire Dance Scenes

This was originally going to be a celebratory birthday post for Fred Astaire's birthday in May...I think I missed the boat on that just a bit. (I had originally-originally planned on writing a post ranking all the Fred Astaire movies…

By Lizzie Hexam August 8, 2026Vintage-ness4 Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas

Pride and Prejudice (1995) Book to Screen Comparison

Not very long ago, I had a bit of a Pride and Prejudice marathon. I re-read the book, re-watched the 2005 version, then the 1995 version, then read the book out loud to some of my family. I therefore found…

By Lizzie Hexam August 1, 2026Bookishness, Period Dramas14 Comments

Vintage-ness

A Week of Vintage-Inspired Outfits: Summer Edition

Some time ago I mentioned the idea of a week-of-outfits post...I always love seeing other people's wardrobes, so I thought you ladies might enjoy that too. I also hope this could be an inspiration to any of you who might…

By Lizzie Hexam July 24, 2026Vintage-ness9 Comments

Miscellaneous Vintage-ness

Celebrating the 4th of July Vintage-Style

A very happy 250th Independence Day! I'm so grateful for my country, all its beauties, and all the blessings I've received from it. I'll be especially praying today that God bless and guide America and all nations, and bring every…

By Lizzie Hexam July 4, 2026Miscellaneous, Vintage-ness8 Comments

Vintage-ness

Brief (but Exciting-ish) Announcement

Hello everyone! Though I hope I'm not like Roderick Spode in very many ways, I am in this respect - because I'm just popping in to very briefly tell you that I've started a Youtube channel! The Retro Renaissance Woman…

By Lizzie Hexam July 3, 2026Vintage-ness6 Comments

Bookishness

Inklings // May 2026 (The Hobbit)

The prompt for May's Inklings link-up (check out Heidi's post for the rules here to link up!) is a riddle scene in book or film. Of course the first thing I thought of was the riddle scene in The Hobbit…

By Lizzie Hexam June 25, 2026Bookishness2 Comments

girl studying on a staircase vintage picture

Bookishness

The Blography Tag

What ho, readers all! I have been atrociously bad at blogging of late, and I apologize...I have multiple posts in various stages of completion, which will hopefully some day translate to multiple actual completed blog posts. Only time will tell.…

By Lizzie Hexam June 11, 2026Bookishness8 Comments