Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world.
This Poem is about Cake
Poem at Theodora Goss: Poems
If I didn’t care
what the world thought,
I would eat all the cake.
What cake?
I don’t know, any cake.
Every cake. All the cake ever.
But no, I mean what kind of cake
specifically?
Chocolate cake, made
of equal parts flour and cocoa, frosted
with chocolate ganache, as rich
as a miser. Or angel cake, held together
by whipped egg whites and prayer, topped
with glazed strawberries. Or maybe
lemon drizzle, just sour enough
for a summer afternoon in Virginia,
or one of those Viennese tortes
named after Hapsburg princes, with layers
of coffee cream and walnuts, studded
with history like a museum.
Or maybe even
wedding cake with piped icing roses,
like a moonlit garden. Or birthday cake,
or the cake we eat at funerals, mixed
from sad memories and pineapple chunks.
Or the cake my mother made
every Christmas.
I would eat it slowly,
slice by delicate slice, until I had eaten all of it.
And then I would start on the next one.
Isn’t that just a bit, I don’t know,
frivolous? You’d spend your entire life
eating cake.
Then let me start over again.
If I didn’t care what you think . . .
Excess Deaths Debate in Parliament
Video presentation by Dr John Campbell
A.I. Christopher Hitchens on Jordan Peterson
Audio presentation at Hallerd
“Excuse me Dr Peterson but i believe you have dropped your lobster”.
This video is an imagining of what Christopher Hitchens might say about Jordan Peterson. Everything is AI generated except for the photo. This video is a parody, using Christopher Hitchens’ recognized style for lighthearted pop culture commentary.
Reely Bernie Favs: The Goonies (1985)
Blog article at Reely Bernie
With the crisp coolness of fall in the air, I figured it was time to dig out my Goonies CD. (Not the amazing soundtrack with Cyndi Lauper, mind you, but the Dave Grusin film score.) Without a doubt, the “Fratelli Chase” scene is the most inspiring, uplifting film motif of my life. (You have heard it in many television commercials, I’m sure.) All my life, I have associated this disjunct, playful melody to the autumn season and a memory of me crossing the neighborhood creek with my best friend when we were kids. We would explore the places no one else would dare go, and this was the music that played in my head.
The Goonies celebrates 80s pop culture, embraces the energy and adventure of 13-year-old Oregonians, and captures the Spielbergian spirit of discovering the unknown. It was a babysitter standard and my coming-of-age companion.
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
Observation Blogger 
Dr. Campbell is right I believe. Something is being covered up. The poem is excellent. Goonies…lol.
Thanks for all your feedback on my humble ‘News on the March’ feature lol It means a lot Tom
That was very interesting. I discussed it with my Father actually.
News on the March is reaching your father!? Holy Sh%t..Fantastic. How old’s your old man if I may ask?
Yeah I was telling him about it. He’s 89. My Mother passed in March. Been hard on him. And the whole family. He’s still going strong! Mind alert. He listens to me, and gets me. Not everyone does 😆
I’m sorry to read about your Mother’s passing. Gee 89 years is a great innings. I wish your father many more years ahead of him. I was fortunate like you to also have a father who listened to me and got me. I know exactly what you mean about ‘Not everyone does’ lol
You know the feeling. That’s something I have been working through. I am very different from most of my family. Not in a bad way. Just different lol I guess I am still pretty messed up about my Mom. Working on that too. That set me off for awhile…
I don’t think you ever get over the loss of a Parent. You just have to live with it. My Father passed away youngish – 58 years old from lung cancer. It still hurts as much today as it did in the early days after his passing. Apart from my Dad and a boss I had in the military (who also passed away very young) I never had mentors to show me the way. Now that sucks.
That does suck. I’m so grateful for my Dad, he can keep me somewhat in line. My Mother and I had issues. I loved her very much, alas we locked horns quite often. I am having a hard time processing it…..
You just described also my relationship with my mother. Out of curiosity – Were you the first – born of your siblings? I can understand how hard it must be to reconcile your feelings about your mother.
It was difficult. I am the second born. I always questioned everything.I still do I suppose. We loved each other but we would clash …
Yeh, I have that relationship with my Mum. Thanks for sharing.
I understand. It’s difficult…