Starlight and Saucepans

Would You Rather: Classic Movie Edition

Our moral for today is that it pays to waste time snooping around in other people's blog archives, because I found an immensely fun-looking tag from a classic movie blog party which Cordy at Any Merry Little Thought hosted...um, just…

By Lizzie Hexam September 1, 2025Vintage-ness23 Comments

Period Dramas Vintage-ness

Inklings // July 2025 (The Court Jester)

The prompt for July's Inklings (check out Heidi's post here for details on linking up!) is a sword dueling scene in book or film. There are plenty of thrilling, intense sword-dueling scenes I could choose, but the first scene that…

By Lizzie Hexam August 25, 2025Period Dramas, Vintage-ness9 Comments

Spiritual Life

Upcoming Canonizations

You may already know this, but the new news in the Catholic world is that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati are going to be canonized on September 7! Bl. Pier Giorgio especially is one of my 'special…

By Lizzie Hexam August 18, 2025Spiritual Life6 Comments

Vintage-ness

Dressing Vintage on a Budget

I love vintage clothing. I would love to dress like I stepped out of the 1950s every day. However, vintage clothing costs money, and I have other technically more important things I need to spend my money on. Therefore, over…

By Lizzie Hexam August 11, 2025Vintage-ness12 Comments

Bookishness Spiritual Life

Inklings // June 2025 (The Great Divorce)

The Inklings prompt for June (see Heidi's post here for rules to link up!) is a scene with running water in book or film. Heidi already chose a (fantastic, of course) C.S. Lewis selection for this prompt, and I am…

By Lizzie Hexam July 28, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life13 Comments

Bookishness Miscellaneous Period Dramas

Sunshine Blogger Award #4

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was tagged for some Sunshine Blogger Awards. Cecilia very kindly tagged me (thank you Cecilia!), then Liz Churchill very kindly tagged me (thank you Liz!), and then Frankie very…

By Lizzie Hexam July 16, 2025Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas21 Comments

book illustration from The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Bookishness Spiritual Life

3 Cool Biblical Connections in The Chronicles of Narnia

There are a lot of 'obvious' Biblical parallels in Narnia, of course. But as well as the 'big-picture' things, there are particular Scripture passages which always remind me of a little detail or one specific passage in a Narnia book.…

By Lizzie Hexam July 7, 2025Bookishness, Spiritual Life14 Comments

movie poster for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

Bookishness Period Dramas

The Return of the King (2003) Review

Hello, dear reader. How are you this fine summer afternoon? I hope you're in the mood to hear opinions about The Return of the King, since that is what I am here to provide. If you missed my reviews of…

By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2025Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

Miscellaneous

Chasing Sunbeams: A Summer Blog Tag

What ho, readers all! Cecilia of Craft, Coffee and Cake has kindly tagged me for this Summer Blog Tag! I know I have several Sunshine Blogger Award tags waiting in the wings that I was tagged for much earlier than…

By Lizzie Hexam June 11, 2025Miscellaneous37 Comments

Period Dramas

The Two Towers (2002) Review

I reviewed The Fellowship of the Ring a little while ago, promising to return with reviews of the rest of the trilogy. So here I finally am with my review of The Two Towers. I started off my Fellowship post…

By Lizzie Hexam June 3, 2025Period Dramas12 Comments