Starlight and Saucepans

A Slice of Catholic Life

Hello friends, and welcome to a slice of Catholic life! This post is just a little hodge-podge of Catholic stuff and some things I find inspiring as a Catholic. I intend to make future Slice of Catholic Life posts more…

By Lizzie Hexam September 1, 2023Spiritual LifeNo 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

Period Dramas

My Top 4 Favorite Les Misérables Recordings

Being a nerdy member of the Les Misérables fandom, I've naturally listened to numerous different recordings of the musical. Although I don't think there is any perfect album, and my "dream cast" would be a conglomeration of various casts, there…

By Lizzie Hexam August 15, 2023Period DramasNo 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

Spiritual Life

Blessed Hugh More

Welcome to the eighth Saint of the Month! August 28 is the feast day of Blessed Hugh More. Bl. Hugh was born in Lincolnshire to a wealthy Protestant family, and educated at Oxford. He converted to Catholicism while in Reims,…

By Lizzie Hexam August 1, 2023Spiritual Life2 Comments

Period Dramas

Jane Eyre (2011) Review

For some books, like Emma, I read through to the end, closed the book, and wanted to watch a movie version pretty much right away. This was not the case with Jane Eyre. In fact, it was years after I…

By Lizzie Hexam July 25, 2023Period Dramas5 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

Spiritual Life

Saint Martha and Maintaining a Proper Focus

Welcome to the July Saint of the Month! July 29 is the feast of Saint Martha. Nearly everyone knows who Saint Martha is. She is most well-known as the sister of Mary, as the sister who was caught up in…

By Lizzie Hexam July 7, 2023Spiritual LifeNo Comments

Bookishness

Ten Sentence Prompts to Get Your Writing Juices Flowing

"I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose." - P.G. Wodehouse (P.G. Wodehouse, by the way, is a bloke who wrote over ninety books. The word…

By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2023BookishnessNo Comments