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“I would be overjoyed if you and I returned home to Barbados for Christmas. (march 2020) We will have a blast! KENNETH C.FORDE”

Home Christmas Blast Barbados Overjoyed March 2020 Returned Home

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“How could I ever forget that beautiful place? Barbados — you bathed my first dreams in pure salt water and tinted my skin with your powerful sun. I love you.”

Beautiful Water Forget Powerful Sun Salt Skin Barbados Tinted

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“CHRISTMAS FUSS IN BARBADOS IN THE 70’S Ginger immersed in the brewed sorrel was always tempting. There was also the aroma of the red English apples on the table, and ripe golden apples smelling heavenly. The smell of the new cloth, from the curtains reminded us that it was Christmas. There was also the smell of the oil skin tablecloth on our varnished table, the smell of new sheets on our bed, and not forgetting the smell of the big shaddock which sat in the center of the table.”

Barbados Shaddock Christmas Fuss Oil Skin Tablecloth Sorrel English Apples

Book:Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

Source: Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

“-CHRISTMAS FUSS IN BARBADOS- Mother would remove the ham from an off white wrappped canvas bag, boiled it for a few hours, then she'd stick cloves all over it, and placed it in the oven,until was baked to perfection- I can still remember that smell-OVER IN AWAY”

Ham Barbados Oven Baked Cloves Canvas Bag Smellperfection

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“She's the wealthiest female musician in the world and yet her wealth hasn't changed her”

Musician Female Barbados Yet Rihanna Wealthiest Robin Fenty

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Fruits were my candy as a little girl growing up in Barbados. I was surrounded by a variety of fruit trees: Tamarind, cherry, mango, dunks, papaya, guava, pear, sugar apple, golden apple, and gooseberry trees.”

Barbados Little Girl Mango Dunks Guava Tamarind Golden Apple Gooseberry Sugar Apple

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“When I was a little girl growing up in Barbados- I never had to worry about 5-a-day, On a given day, I ate hog plums, mangoes, sugar apples, tamarinds, golden- apples, gooseberries, ackees, and dunks.”

Barbados Little Girl Dunks 5 A Day Ackees Gooseberries Hog Plums Sugar Apples Tamarinds

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Barbados -Crop Over/Kadooment Day, Brazil /Carnival, New Orleans /Mardi Gras, Trinidad /Jouvay”

Culture New Orleans Brazil Barbados Mardi Gras Trinidad And Tobago Kadooment Day

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“The Way We Were I will never forget that two bedroom chattel house we owned in Barbados, Sweet Memories!”

Barbados Chattel Barbados House The Way We Were

Book:Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

Source: Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

“As I look at those recipients at the Barbados “National Independence Honors Ceremony”, I say to myself, “One day that going to be me” Pride & industry 11.30.21”

Myself Barbados 11 30 21 Pride And Industry Recipients

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“NEVER STOP DREAMING When we were little girls, my sister and I used to sit on the Nightingale pasture in the hot afternoon sun, in Barbados. Daydreaming of America. (I have been living in America for more than 40 years. My sister has been living here for almost 20 years.)”

Barbados Never Stop Dreaming Day Dreaming Hot Sun Forty Years Nightengale Pasture In Barbados Merica

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“ELLERSLIE SECONDARY SCHOOL MOTTO “Make Wise Use of Your Time”

Motto Barbados Ellerslie Secondary School Make Wise Use Of Your Time Mtto

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“What I Miss most About My Childhood Days? ~Family Time~ Back in the day, we were poor and didn't know it, we were also content. Our home was filled with Love. I really miss those days in Barbados.”

Love Poor Content Barbados Family Time Miss My Childhood Days

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Over In Away" Bajan memories”

Barbados Bajan Memories

Book:Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

Source: Over In Away: A Collection of Stories and Poems

“The first day in Barbados, is just a tease. After 48 hours in this beautiful island, You'll never want to leave.”

Tease Barbados 48hrs

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“BARBADOS No, you're not dreaming, It's a real place.”

Barbados Barbados No It S A Real Place You Re Not Dreaming

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Take me to that island where people celebrate in the streets in August, -No Titles Required! Take me to Barbados..246”

August Island Barbados 246

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Oh taste and see!! Great Barbados, I love thee!”

Love Taste Thee Great See Barbados Oh

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“FALL in love with Barbados!!”

Fall In Love Barbados

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“We attended St. Stephen’s Primary School in Barbados, and every afternoon at twelve O’clock, my sisters, my cousins and I would hurry down Black Rock Main Road, to a family friend’s home for lunch. He didn't have a refrigerator, so he kept his water in a clay monkey, in the corner of his small shed roof. Excerpt from 'OVER IN AWAY”

Barbados Refrigerator Black Rock Clay Monkey Shed Roof St Stephens Primary School

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Take me to this land of sweet sugar cane and Mount Gay Rum, Take me to BARBADOS”

Take Me Barbados Mount Gay Rum Sweet Sugar Cane

Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“I grew up in a small, cozy chattel house in Barbados. A place where I shared my dreams with my sisters and my mother. We weren't rich, But we had love and most importantly, We had each other.”

Love Dreams Barbados Each Other Cozy Chattel House

Author:Charmaine J. Forde