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My paternal grandmother, Veronica Mitchell(whom we fondly called Dee)(many years deceased), used to grind cocoa beans which she would shape into cocoa logs and balls, to be used for making hot chocolate. Dee sold them, along with herbs and spices in the old Chaguanas market revisit Dee
out in the street-
the barking dog chasing
after passing cars
--gillena cox
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I always feel so many things with your posts, a sense of history that I wish I had but my parent moved us away from family, and both are dead so I miss it.....I love yout posts
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this memory, Gillena, it reminded me of my mother stuffing sausage casings. I head to the supermarket for sausages--I wonder if my kids will have supermarket memories thirty years from now?
ReplyDeleteI look forward to more chocolate!
Lovely photos, lovely haiku and lovely story Gillena!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day:)
Hugs
Joo
Thanks for stopping by
ReplyDeleteLorraine, have a lovely day
Diane LOL
Joo HUGS
much love...
Gillena,
ReplyDelete__So nice, reading this again, loved it then... and now! _m
glad you stopped by Doug; much love...
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