Starlight and Saucepans

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

Spiritual Life

Short Ramblings On Gaudete Sunday

This upcoming Sunday is the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means "to rejoice." Advent is just over half-way through. We have only a short time until Christmas, the day of the breath-taking mystery of God's descent into humanity…

By Lizzie Hexam December 14, 2023Spiritual Life3 Comments

Bookishness

Life According to Literature Tag

Good morning...that is to say, what-ho! Snooping about other people's blog archives, I found this very fun-looking little thingamajig, the Life According to Literature tag. I don't know if it's still a Thing in any way, shape or form, since…

By Lizzie Hexam December 7, 2023Bookishness2 Comments

Spiritual Life

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

Happy Thanksgiving! "Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of…

By Lizzie Hexam November 23, 2023Spiritual LifeNo Comments

Bookishness

North and South Book Review

If you so much as gingerly step into the outskirts of the period drama world, you're bound to hear about North and South. I wanted to see the mini-series, but I wanted to read the book first because That's What…

By Lizzie Hexam November 18, 2023Bookishness2 Comments

Period Dramas

Great Expectations (1989) Review

Before I start this Great Expectations 1989 review, I'd like to get a couple important things out of the way. Firstly, I would like an explanation from the period drama world as to why I was never told that this…

By Lizzie Hexam November 10, 2023Period Dramas8 Comments

Bookishness Spiritual Life

Mini Book Reviews: All Saints’ Day

Last Wednesday was All Saints' Day. It seems fitting, therefore, to do a saint-related post, so I've decided to do mini-book reviews for the saint-related books I've read this year. (Would it have been even more fitting to put this…

By Lizzie Hexam November 3, 2023Bookishness, Spiritual LifeNo Comments

Bookishness Period Dramas

Sense and Sensibility Dream Cast

This is the project, darkly hinted at in my last post, that I have spent so much time and effort on: a Sense and Sensibility dream cast. I know, I know, we already have two good versions of S&S, and…

By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Bookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments

Miscellaneous

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