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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam August 15, 2023Posted inPeriod DramasNo Comments
Sunshine Blogger Award
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam August 8, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous9 Comments
Blessed Hugh More
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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,…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam August 1, 2023Posted inSpiritual Life2 Comments
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 25, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas3 Comments
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Posted inMiscellaneous 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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 18, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous, Vintage-ness2 Comments
Important Announcement
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 10, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous2 Comments
Saint Martha and Maintaining a Proper Focus
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 7, 2023Posted inSpiritual LifeNo Comments
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 27, 2023Posted inBookishnessNo Comments
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Sense and Sensibility (2008) Movie Review

Read my reviews of the 1971, 1981, and 1995 Sense and Sensibilitys here, here, and here respectively. In the interest of being upfront, I may as well tell you right away that this review is not likely to be completely…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 20, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas2 Comments
Sense and Sensibility 1995 cover
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Sense and Sensibility (1995) Movie Review

Read my reviews of the 1971, 1981, and 2008 Sense and Sensibilitys here, here, and here, respectively. I may as well start off this review of the much-acclaimed and much-beloved 1995 Sense and Sensibility by revealing to you all that this…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 13, 2023Posted inPeriod DramasNo Comments

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