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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

Miscellaneous

“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

Miscellaneous

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

Miscellaneous

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

Bookishness Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade…

I did not have the foresight to prepare a post for this occasion, so this will be exceedingly short. I merely wish to bring to your attention the fact that today is Barricade Day, the day of the June Rebellion…

By Lizzie Hexam June 6, 2023Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas2 Comments

Miscellaneous

Seasonal Poetry: Autumn

To make the experience as autumnal as possible, listen to this as you read. "In Coventry" by James Daly, S.J.

By Lizzie Hexam October 21, 2022MiscellaneousNo Comments

Miscellaneous

Welcome to Starlight & Saucepans!

Good morning...that is to say, what-ho! I'm glad you stopped by. I am a Catholic teenager who enjoys period dramas, oldies music, vintage thingamajigs, homemaking, crafting, playing the violin, reading classics, and writing fiction, so be prepared to see anything…

By Lizzie Hexam October 14, 2022Miscellaneous2 Comments