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Pshaw

“Pshaw!” My grandmother said as she thumped and bumped about her crowded kitchen steam rising, having heated conversation with herself Rankled by my grandfather's latest excuse for not helping around the house Thwack! She smacked the meat down on the counter pounding and whacking dinner into submission Beyond exasperation stewing, livid “Pshaw!” She said again louder this time, making me jump sounding like the air-brake on my Grandfather's big truck letting off pressure Little and fiery fierce and feisty my Grandfather had no idea what he was up against the volatile, volcanic fury of a woman thwarted “Land's Sakes, Willard!” was his final warning but he let it go past that- to the point of “Pshaw!”

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Date: 1/16/2021 11:45:00 AM
An absolutely delightful poem, Rhona ~ this sweet little old lady is so lovable. She belonged to the generation when women worked their fingers to the bone. And nobody would dream of offering help, least of all the husband. So glad to see this lovely poem in the 2020 PS Anthology~
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Rhona Mcferran
Date: 2/5/2021 12:07:00 PM
Thank you so much, Line! Sorry I just now saw your lovely comment... Hope you are doing well, it great to hear from you! Much Love, Rhona
Date: 10/10/2018 1:51:00 PM
Oh, I have met your grandmother, and Willard, you had better start shutting yourself up in the bathroom with the paper, because she is not in the greatest of moods. I had forgotten the way women used to let us know back then.
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Rhona Mcferran
Date: 10/10/2018 2:35:00 PM
I ran across this word and instantly had a memory of my grandmother saying it with that fire in her eyes... it's funny now, but it was a bit frightening as a child! ;D
Date: 10/9/2018 3:18:00 PM
'the volatile, volcanic fury/of a woman thwarted' she sounds like a force of nature!
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Rhona Mcferran
Date: 10/9/2018 6:12:00 PM
She definitely was! ;D
Date: 10/8/2018 10:28:00 PM
In memory of my fiery-tempered grandmother (who was a master of the word 'pshaw')... She managed to say it with such vehemence that it fully expressed all of its potential meanings (irritation, disapproval, disbelief, contempt) at the same time!
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