tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33508578.post1283756818661751658..comments2017-05-04T03:42:30.277-07:00Comments on raygun rane speaks out: Thanks to the internet...Happy Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07237967514775224219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33508578.post-42446883765829995912007-11-24T20:06:00.000-08:002007-11-24T20:06:00.000-08:00There's a strange phenomenon in late pregnancy tha...There's a strange phenomenon in late pregnancy that produces horrific dreams, wild mood swings, budding catastrophists (is that a word? I hope so, I love it!) and so on. <BR/><BR/>I like the idea of changing your reading. Maybe something quick, like a detective novel -- the VI Warshawski stories are great, well-written and the hero is a girl. Or nonfiction -- I'm nearly finished with Animal Vegetable Miracle, and it's funny and wise and inspiring, plus it has great recipes. <BR/><BR/>Hang in there, baby!Jannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128678790427718169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33508578.post-12877202847885952502007-11-12T06:55:00.000-08:002007-11-12T06:55:00.000-08:00I think we do have an innate need to create drama....I think we do have an innate need to create drama. Maybe not everyone goes in for the Victorian Gothic thing, as you seem to, but when all else fails, I can summon drama over just running late to take our son to his ride on Thomas the Tank Engine. <BR/><BR/>It's a gift. <BR/><BR/>I would suggest some lighter reading fare, however. Literary Sturm und Drang tends to bleed over into the consciousness. At the height of the Romantic movement, melodrama was king at the box office and Europe was wracked by revolution. <BR/><BR/>If you enjoy mysteries and like period fiction, try the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters (aka Edith Pargeter). The detective is a 12th century Benedictine monk and the writer was a professor of Medieval history or lit or something, so it's all very authentic-sounding, yet entertaining on the level of a mystery too. The first one in the series is "A Morbid Taste for Bones." <BR/><BR/>If that doesn't work for you, I have other suggestions. <BR/><BR/>Later! TjThomas P. Joyner, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08436638060318159628noreply@blogger.com