Starlight and Saucepans

What Lizzie’s Sewing: Patchwork (sort of) Blanket

What ho, readers all! I don't know that I've ever mentioned that I sew before, but I do (though on a very amateur level). I do quite a lot of hand-sewing, at any rate. I haven't done very much machine-sewing.…

By Lizzie Hexam July 27, 2024Homemaking12 Comments

10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer

Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…

By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

book cover for That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

Bookishness Spiritual Life

Ramblings on That Hideous Strength

I've reviewed the other two books in the Space Trilogy (here and here!) so in this post I'll finish off the series and ramble about That Hideous Strength. I must admit that That Hideous Strength is my least favorite of the…

By Lizzie Hexam July 13, 2024Bookishness, Spiritual Life6 Comments

Miscellaneous

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day, my fellow Americans! (And please do be happy if you're not American, too. Celebrating one's national holiday is not a prerequisite for being happy.) Today is the day to remember just how much we love this country…

By Lizzie Hexam July 4, 2024Miscellaneous4 Comments

Period Dramas

Our Mutual Friend (1998) Review

I think I was thirteen when I first read Our Mutual Friend, and I fell head-over-heels in love with it. When I first heard there was a mini-series of it, I had no interest in seeing it. They thought they…

By Lizzie Hexam June 29, 2024Period Dramas5 Comments

young woman in white dress by French door

Bookishness

Beautiful People: Pauline Gantley

Audio version of "Beautiful People: Pauline Gantley" is available here. A little while ago I did a ramblish post regarding first drafts and writer's block. I mentioned a project of mine (known henceforth as Pauline Story Take 3), and the…

By Lizzie Hexam June 21, 2024Bookishness12 Comments

Bookishness

Inklings // June 2024

Listen to the audio for "Inklings // June 2024" here. The subject for the June Inklings link-up (see Heidi’s post here for rules to link up!) is an archery scene in book or film. I've chosen a scene from Prince Caspian…

By Lizzie Hexam June 14, 2024Bookishness6 Comments

Amanda Seyfried as Cosette in Les Miserables

Period Dramas

Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables

Audio version of "Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables" is available here. The sad fact is that I am not the Les Misérables nerd that I was four years ago. (I apologize. We all have our flaws, you know.)…

By Lizzie Hexam June 6, 2024Period Dramas12 Comments

Period Dramas

Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Review

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - otherwise known as back in January in my post on new-to-me movies of 2023 - I mentioned that I wanted to do a review of Saving Mr. Banks. Since…

By Lizzie Hexam May 31, 2024Period Dramas4 Comments

Bookishness

Reading David Copperfield: Chapters 61-64 & Concluding Thoughts

And here we finally are, with my last installment of my reading David Copperfield: Chapters 61-64! And some concluding thoughts on the book as a whole. (Here are the other posts in this series, if you missed any of 'em:…

By Lizzie Hexam May 24, 2024Bookishness8 Comments