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The 30 Song Tag

The lovely Maidens of Green Gables have tagged me for The 30 Song Tag! (Thanks awfully, Maidens!) Like most people, I do listen to songs from time to time. Therefore, I thought I was sufficiently qualified to give the 30…

By Lizzie Hexam January 12, 2024Miscellaneous, Oldies Music10 Comments

"Happy New Year" over screencap from Jeeves and Wooster

Bookishness Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Happy New Year with Jeeves and Wooster

Happy New Year to one and all! To help usher in the New Year, I thought it would be fitting to share a project that I've spent what some would call far too much time on. I like to make…

By Lizzie Hexam January 1, 2024Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas6 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas Vintage-ness

My Top 7 Christmas Movies

First things first: I'm one of Those People who tries to do very little in the way of Christmas-y things until it is actually Christmas. Seeing how it is not actually Christmas yet, but plumb spang in the middle of…

By Lizzie Hexam December 21, 2023Miscellaneous, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

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One Year Blogiversary

Yes, today is my one year blogiversary - Starlight and Saucepans' first birthday! Wish it (her? Hm, never really thought about this before) many happy returns for me...why thank you, you're most kind. Seeing how Starlight and Saucepans is hardly…

By Lizzie Hexam October 14, 2023Miscellaneous2 Comments

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“If you will recollect, we are now in Autumn – season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.”

I'm realizing afresh this year how much I love autumn. I love the changing colors, I love that sort of clear brisk thingamajig in the air, I love the weather: beautifully refreshingly cool, but not cold - in short, I…

By Lizzie Hexam October 7, 2023Miscellaneous2 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas

The Masterful Storytelling of Mary Poppins

This post is an entry in the 100 Years of Disney Blogathon at Silver Scenes. (Please note that everything I say in this post pertains to the 1964 Disney movie of Mary Poppins, not the original books by P.L. Travers,…

By Lizzie Hexam September 15, 2023Miscellaneous, Period Dramas4 Comments

Bookishness Miscellaneous

10 Things to Be Grateful For As You Start a New School Year

For those of us for whom the end of summer means the start of school, whether that be high school, college, graduate school, etc., getting back to the grindstone can feel like a bit of a let-down. There's always a…

By Lizzie Hexam August 22, 2023Bookishness, MiscellaneousNo Comments

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Sunshine Blogger Award

The lovely Maidens of Green Gables have tagged me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! (Thanks awfully, Maidens! Most appreciated.) Since I always strive, when, I can, to spread some sunshine (there have been several complaints about it)*, I'll take a…

By Lizzie Hexam August 8, 2023Miscellaneous9 Comments

Man tipping his hat to a lady on the street

Miscellaneous Vintage-ness

10 Useful Pieces of Victorian Etiquette

I very much enjoy reading Victorian etiquette books. Although, naturally, I don't agree with everything, and although some of it is not applicable for most of us today (the majority of us really don't need to know how you should…

By Lizzie Hexam July 18, 2023Miscellaneous, Vintage-ness2 Comments

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

UPDATE: If you are seeing this, there's no need to worry; you found the right place! Feel free to ignore this post. As our good friend Bilbo said, "I wish to make an ANNOUNCEMENT." My announcement, however, is not related…

By Lizzie Hexam July 10, 2023Miscellaneous2 Comments