Just thought I’d share a tiny sneak preview with you today, since “GrannySays” got posted a day early. I’m hoping to put together a new book of poetry of various sorts in 2022, and here’s a little something I wrote a few years ago that I suspect will make the cut. Hope you enjoy it!
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Things I Have Learned #1
TV ads we all endure
Proclaim loudly “We have the cure!”
You try it out, and find it’s good,
Why can’t they leave it as they should?
Beware the label “New and Improved,”
It really means you’ve just been scrooved.
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Happy Weekend, Everyone!
The Write Stuff 
A good one!!
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Thanks, Darlene. I hope this little jingle made you smile. To my mind, nine times out of ten, the words “New & Improved” on any product just mean it is now ruined beyond all redemption. One day, I was especially irritated and just had to dash off something that would make me laugh about it. (Sort of. 😁)
Thanks for stopping by this morning. 😀 ❤
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So true. The other pet peeve is finding a product that works for you, one you took forever to find, and then they stop producing it!
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Oh, yeah! Seems like it’s either one or the other of these things going on with all my favorite stuff. Grrrr. Now they have apparently quit making my Sunbeam Hot Shot instant water heater, which perfectly heats a large mug of water to a roiling boil in about 30 seconds. WAY faster than the microwave, for instance. I’ve used this product daily for more than 30 years, getting a new one when each eventually wears out. Now, it’s no longer available. Replaced by water heaters that do a full pot at a time, which I do not want or need, and cost much more. I’m spitting mad, and babying my current Hot Shot like crazy. Looks like there will be NO replacement when this one goes. Double Grrrrrr. With ugly words added. 😣
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Ne’er a truer word said! Nice one, Marcia. I’m looking forward to reading the book when it’s out! 💕🙂
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Thanks, Harmony! Since I’ve been struggling a bit with energy/fatigue/etc, I’m planning to make my upcoming projects things that don’t take as long to write as my typical novels do. When I finish Riverbend 4 and return to Wake-Robin Ridge, it will be for a series of spin-off novellas that I hope will be fun. And I think a new book of poetry would also be less exhausting, but still lots of fun. So that’s my clever plan. 😀 I’m also taking a break from some things for the month of December, hoping to get a lot of writing done, and catch up on my LONG overdue reviews! If I have to, I’ll take a bit more time in January, but I’m not going to go into 2022 as far behind as I am right now. (I hope. 🙄)
And thanks so much for stopping by, my friend! 🤗💖
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Haha! Good one! And oh so true 😆
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Glad you enjoyed it, Jeanne. And yep. The minute I see those words pop up on whatever I’m getting ready to buy, I put it right back on the shelf. 😋 Truly, they LIE!! 😆
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Love it!
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Glad you enjoyed it, Vali. At the time I wrote it, it was good therapy! 😀 ❤
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Lol! True words in a perfect poetic form!
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Glad you enjoyed it, Jan. I remember it helped me move past being so totally ticked off about the latest thing I’d found that no longer worked like it used to, and I figured plenty of other folks probably had items they felt the same way about. 😀 ❤
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This sounds like a fun project, Marcia. 😀 I hope you enjoy writing it and I look forward to reading it!
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Thanks, Sarah. It will be a mixed bag of this and that, short and long, amusing and serious, etc. I’m planning to start writing a poem or two a week, if possible, right after I wrap up Riverbend 4. But I will have to be careful it doesn’t interfere with working on my first WRR spinoff novella, Cole, Cole, and Dupree. That takes precedence, I think. Rabbit’s fan club can turn surly if they have to go too long with news about that kid! 😄 Thanks for stopping by today! 😀 ❤
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Wow, you’re busy. Is the spinoff novella in any particular order? I mean, er, that didn’t go well. Is it a prequel, a stand-alone book, or in between books like a “2.5” book or something?
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The plan is for the novellas to pick up right where the 4th WRR novel ended, and continue to tell the story as developed in the previous books. So they should be read in order, after having finished the series of full length books. The books will (probably) make sense if read out of order, but you’d never really understand the characters fully by reading them out of sequence. Nor would you likely get the full impact of the novellas. Ummm … did that help you or confuse you? I’ve had a long day, and I’m not sure! Gleep! 😆
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Makes total sense. And I prefer not to read things out of order so just checking. Some people write like a “1.5” or a “3.5” short story or novella in a series. Glad you’re busy in a good way! 🙂 💖
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Thanks. I plan to aim for about 100 pages in the novellas, or about the same length as my Emissary novellas. But each one will be a new “case” or mystery for Cole, Cole, and Dupree to figure out. Of course, what happens when I actually start writing remains to be seen. 😄
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Scrooved! Lol! Love it, Marcia! 🙂
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Ha, I’m glad you liked that, Yvette. I must admit, it made me laugh when I was writing this silly little ditty. 😁 Thanks for stopping by to let me know! 😀 ❤
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I’m right there with you on the ‘new and improved’ front, Marcia! Laundry products seem to be some of the worst for this. 😀 ❤
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Yep, but they sure aren’t alone. So many favorite products either messed up via so-called improvement, or gone altogether. Very frustrating. (And this little ditty was written 10 or 15 years ago, at least, so it’s been an ongoing thing for a very long time.)
Thanks for stopping by, Trish! Look for a few more sneak peeks here and there on slow days! 😀 ❤
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Great humor, Marcia. Don’t you wish sometimes they’d leave well enough alone? Thanks for the laugh.
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I do, indeed, Diana. Pretty sick of getting scrooved! 🙄 😆 Glad you got a laugh from this little ditty, too. Thanks for stopping by! 😀 ❤
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