Lizzie Hexam, Author at Starlight and Saucepans

Sunshine Blogger Award #2

The lovely Astrya of Inkling Corner has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! (Awfully obliged, Astrya!) First things first I'll let you know the rules, so you can chastise me if you catch me breaking them. 1. Display the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 11, 2024Miscellaneous7 Comments

Period Dramas

Emma (1997) Review

(Please note that this Emma really originally came out in 1996, but to differentiate it from the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which I reviewed here), and because it wasn't released in the US until 1997, I'm referring to it as the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 4, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

Bookishness

20 Questions Book Tag

For those of us still in some form of education, welcome back to the school year! (If you need a little encouragement for the new year, check out this old post of mine of 10 Things to Be Grateful for…

By Lizzie Hexam August 27, 2024Bookishness10 Comments

Hugh Laurie as Frederick Little and Geena Davis as Eleanor Little in Stuart Little 1999

Miscellaneous

Stuart Little and The Portrayal of Parenthood in Children’s Entertainment

...or in which Lizzie waxes eloquent about Deep Topics using as a springboard a children's movie which was never meant to be a springboard for Deep Topics. Because how else would you spend a rainy summer day? (Buckle up, because…

By Lizzie Hexam August 19, 2024Miscellaneous6 Comments

photograph of an Edwardian woman typing on a typewriter

Bookishness

Of Tea and Idiots and Ominous Crashes (aka Story Snippets)

I fear that my last few posts - including this one - have been a little on the slapdash side. I apologize. I do have an actual substantive post in the works, which I should be posting by the end…

By Lizzie Hexam August 10, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

Period Dramas

Inklings // August 2024

Audio version of "Inklings // August 2024" is available here. Inklings is back for August, and with a snazzy new button! (Check out Heidi's post here for the rules to link up.) This month's prompt is a scene by the…

By Lizzie Hexam August 5, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

Homemaking

What Lizzie’s Sewing: Patchwork (sort of) Blanket

What ho, readers all! I don't know that I've ever mentioned that I sew before, but I do (though on a very amateur level). I do quite a lot of hand-sewing, at any rate. I haven't done very much machine-sewing.…

By Lizzie Hexam July 27, 2024Homemaking12 Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas Vintage-ness

10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer

Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…

By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

book cover for That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Bookishness Spiritual Life

Ramblings on That Hideous Strength

I've reviewed the other two books in the Space Trilogy (here and here!) so in this post I'll finish off the series and ramble about That Hideous Strength. I must admit that That Hideous Strength is my least favorite of the…

By Lizzie Hexam July 13, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life6 Comments

Miscellaneous

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans! (And please do be happy if you're not American, too. Celebrating one's national holiday is not a prerequisite for being happy.) Today is the day to remember just how much we love this country…

By Lizzie Hexam July 4, 2024Miscellaneous4 Comments