The Serpentimes

By Anneliese Lee Stockholm, Sweden-Since the days of Xenophilius Lovegood, the belief of various mythical creatures has run through the Lovegood family. As a Ravenclaw Hogwarts student, Luna Lovegood believed in these mythical creatures just as her father had. Now carrying on the family tradition, Luna’s twin sons, Lorcan and Lysander are believed to have [...]

By Anneliese Lee On Thursday, September 1st, the start of a new month lead to a few complications. According to eyewitnesses, Mrs. Matilda Agisdale had always been a strange sort of neighbor. At the age of 79 years old, she was an old witch who had once attended Beauxbatons Academy. In an interview with one [...]

By Kirra Rohan Ever since I can remember, when the smell of these freshly baked ‘cookies’ wafted through my house the entire family would gather around the dish with our spoons to eat them gooey and messy. Scotch Teas are one of the most delicious desserts I’ve ever eaten and one of the easiest to [...]

By Annarose Malfoy Another of our favorite recipes is made specifically around Halloween. My mother and I always make it, every single year. Every year, we make Molasses Sponge Candy, and it’s always a huge hit among the neighbors :) Yield: Makes about 1 lb Active time: 25 minutes total time: 1 1/4 hours Ingredients: [...]

By Annarose Malfoy My name is Annarose Malfoy, and one of my family’s favorite foods is Irish Soda Muffins. When I was little, I would visit my mother and half sisters every other week. One of my favorite things to do with them was bake. One of our all time favorites were Irish Soda Muffins. [...]

By Wina Damaswara Pretty Little Liars, by Sara Shepard Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Alison were best friends. There was always a queen bee in school until one day Alison goes missing and her body hasn’t been found. These four girls believe that Alison is dead, but when they are in high school they started to get [...]

By: Diandra Mordecai Here’s a lovely bit of photography taken by Ravenclaw’s Diandra Mordecai. It was taken at the Baltimore aquarium this summer. (Click for full size)   See more articles by Diandra

By Elle Xander I’m originally from Pennsylvania, in the US, in the middle of Amish country and small towns. This is a really popular food there, especially in the fall. You can find it in massively large batches at fairs and fire halls. It’s my all-time favorite soup and this recipe is one I found [...]

By: Jem Reed Now that the new term has arrived and all the first years have been sorted, we here at The Serpentimes, as well as the entire house staff, would like to welcome all of the new students to a fun and exciting year here at HOL. Even more so, we would like to give [...]

By: Zoki Phantom Have you ever noticed how people always keep striving to achieve a better position (or many positions, in certain cases) here at HOL, without thinking that it might not be very fun, but more of a burden? Although a shiny badge would look awesome on you, sometimes you need to just stop [...]