Time Change & Good Books

Although it's still dark outside, I'm wide awake, dressed, and ready for the day. Beginning Sunday, Daylight Savings Time ends, so the sun should be up by the time most of us start our day.  Sadly, it will be dark earlier in the afternoon. On this particular Sunday each year, more people are early for church -- usually because they forgot to change their clocks the night before.  But, I would rather be early than late.
  
When I was still employed, I hated the fall time change. By the time we got home from work and dinner was started, it was already dark. My husband works in an office without a window, which would drive me crazy! My moods are in sync with the amount of sunshine I'm exposed to during the day. Long periods of cloudy, rainy days brings out the "Gloomy Gus" in me. Hopefully, this year I will adjust to the fall time change easier since, thankfully, I can be outside anytime I want.

I found a book at the GW Boutique (Goodwill for the uninitiated) last weekend. For you Jane Austen fans, An Assembly Such as This by Pamela Aidan is the first in a series of three about Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. The book is written in a very similar style to Austen's, but tells the story of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy from Fitzwilliam Darcy's point of view.  I absolutely love the movie with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, and I've read the book by Austen a couple of times.  Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen in 1813. Books from that era can be difficult for twenty-first century readers.  Many of the customs and dialogue from that time period are foreign to us today.  Once I became accustomed to Austen's poetic style, I began to appreciate her sense of humor and wordplay. If you haven't tried reading books from another century, you might find the experience to be somewhat like broccoli, an acquired taste you come to love. If you don't want to read the book, Pride and Prejudice, at least rent or download the 2005 movie. Be forewarned, it's definitely a chick-flick. One of the sweetest things my husband ever did was spent an entire evening with me watching Emma and Pride and Prejudice. A double-feature mind you!  Now that's true love!  But if truth be known, he probably wasn't paying too close attention to the storyline; but it was nice to have him in the same room, nonetheless.

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