To Jen with Love – August 9, 1014

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Georgia

Chocolate (To Jen with Love)

How I do love chocolate …
Let me count the ways
Pralines, Nougats, Peanut clusters
Just to name a few,
Seventy percent cocoa
But even Hershey’s would do
With milk or fondant
Or maybe white chocolate too!
Filled with caramel or filled with liqueur
Little bon bons do attract
In such an enticing way …
How I love that magic substance
That wicked evil stuff
Though I’d sit and eat my fill
Deny myself I must …
For all those tiny sweetmeats,
That road to ecstasy,
Tend to put the weight on
My derrier and on my thighs.
But the virtual brand I find
Can be quite satisfying too …
Inside my mind and memory
Imagination does what it must do …
There I smell the fudge a cookin’
Brownies in the oven
And Toll house cookies bakin’
On a rainy afternoon.
So I’ll send your muse some chocolate
Of the most exquisite blends
No veggies, tofu, or fruit
Will be in the virtual bin …

32 thoughts on “To Jen with Love – August 9, 1014”

hitandrun1964 on August 9, 2014 at 13:51 said:

Lololol

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- Bastet on August 9, 2014 at 18:22 said:
  
  Glad I gave you a laugh!!!
  
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Cheryl-Lynn on August 9, 2014 at 17:50 said:

Miammmm chocolat que c`est bon!! Lovely poem and I happen to be a chocoholic. 🙂

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- Bastet on August 9, 2014 at 19:24 said:
  
  Yeah … I can send some to you too! 🙂
  
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  - Cheryl-Lynn on August 9, 2014 at 19:25 said:
    
    Oh goodie!! mine won’t last too long 😉
    
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    - Bastet on August 9, 2014 at 20:09 said:
      
      Well … Virtual chocolate has a tendancy to last forever! 😉
      
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      - Cheryl-Lynn on August 9, 2014 at 20:53 said:
        
        And it ignores our hips and thighs…just warms the belly.
        
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      - Bastet on August 10, 2014 at 05:35 said:
        
        An delights the muse 😉
        
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Blog It Or Lose It on August 9, 2014 at 22:25 said:

Oh my goodness … this is a hoot! I’d never heard the song before! And it’s going to be in my head all evening — which isn’t a bad thing!

Thank you so much for the virtual chocolate here — this is making me crave chocolate BIG TIME!!!! Ah … 70% cocoa definitely … dark is the best! Hershey’s does make a Special Dark that is good, but Lindt and Ghiradelli are better (gasp! did I say that!?). 😉

Thank you so much. You are so sweet! 😀

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- Bastet on August 10, 2014 at 05:47 said:
  
  Our choclate conversation kept haunting me all day until I finally sat down and got it out of my system 🙂 And of course it’s too cool you leaving in the land of Hershey! I’m glad you had fun with it. (and I ‘d never heard the song either)
  
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  - Blog It Or Lose It on August 10, 2014 at 08:44 said:
    
    You know what’s sad about Hershey though? They sent a lot of their operations to Mexico. 😦 Milton Hershey (founder) would be highly displeased — he really loved his community and cared for it. That’s why there’s a medical center and medical school there, and that’s why we have Hersheypark — land o’ my favorite coasters! 😀
    
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    - Bastet on August 10, 2014 at 10:10 said:
      
      Sigh … once they get big seems they get greedier too … When they bagan out sourceing here the companies tried to convince everyone it was in order to help the people of the emerging East European countries … it’s not that they were taking advantage of the lower living standards in those countries.
      
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 10, 2014 at 22:40 said:
        
        Oh no. They’d *never* do that….
        
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      - Bastet on August 11, 2014 at 05:31 said:
        
        lol .. nah … silly of me 😉
        
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Aquileana on August 10, 2014 at 08:40 said:

Lovely… Rhythmically sweet!. I love it cara Georgia…

Best wishes, Aquileana 😀

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- Bastet on August 10, 2014 at 10:04 said:
  
  Thanks … so I’ll send you some virtual chocolate as well! 😀
  
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Blog It Or Lose It on August 21, 2014 at 06:35 said:

Hi Georgia! Sending people in your direction tomorrow (9 PM my time) — wrote a haiku for HA about chocolate and really wanted people to see your poem here. Just giving you a heads-up!
Hope you’re well —

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- Bastet on August 21, 2014 at 07:41 said:
  
  Thanks for the heads-up! I’m getting ready for a brief road trip to Sluderno … that’s up in Alto Adige … where my son will be participating in one of the more famous historical Italian rievocations … hope to get some nice photos … and hope it doesn’t rain the whole time. We’ll be in a hotel but they bivoac in tents under the castle.
  
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  - Blog It Or Lose It on August 21, 2014 at 07:43 said:
    
    It sounds like it’ll be a lot of fun — hoping for good weather for y’all! 🙂 Can hardly wait to see your photos — it’ll be very interesting.
    
    Night-night! 🙂
    
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    - Bastet on August 21, 2014 at 08:01 said:
      
      Night to you too … sleep tight and have fun tomorrow. 🙂
      
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 21, 2014 at 14:10 said:
        
        We will 🙂
        So happy to be on the road.
        Just think … A new Van Gogh… And two Redon! Sadly the modern gallery is being renovated though. Next year.
        
        And …people watching on the Metro. 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on August 22, 2014 at 06:24 said:
        
        Cool … I hope you had a great day … sorry about the renovation work … but just think once done there will be something new to see … maybe the Redon they’ve got tucked away 🙂
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 22, 2014 at 06:28 said:
        
        Would be *very* nice to see more of his work — you know they have one of his butterfly paintings?!? and gazillions of drawings.
        
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      - Bastet on August 22, 2014 at 06:38 said:
        
        Yes, you told me yesterday that they had the butterfly painting … but not the drawings … that could make a cool exhibition!
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 22, 2014 at 06:40 said:
        
        It would be nice to see it all — they certainly have enough!
        
        http://tinyurl.com/kpsag7x — their holdings (if you’re interested — I’m just being over eager again!)
        
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      - Bastet on August 22, 2014 at 06:46 said:
        
        Oh my! It’s criminal they only have two up!
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 22, 2014 at 06:50 said:
        
        Seriously. It’s a shame.
        I know space is limited — but still …..! o.O
        
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      - Bastet on August 22, 2014 at 22:44 said:
        
        But they’ve really must have enough space to show more than two paintings! BTW used one today to write the “little ones” haiku.
        
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      - Blog It Or Lose It on August 23, 2014 at 00:38 said:
        
        Hooray! I’ll have to go check it out 🙂
        
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      - Bastet on August 23, 2014 at 05:44 said:
        
        🙂
        
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