Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world.
Love Under An Old Oak Tree
Poem at Sharon’s Writers Tidbits
There stands an old oak tree
up on a winter hill
its battered brown bark
gnarled after many a season,
fallen are its leaves, they lie scattered
crisp and curled
upon the cold cold ground beneath,
bare are its branches
a winter skeleton, cold and still.
And so wintertime has fallen away -
the sun is awake
golden light streams through
lush green leaves.
How young hearts quake and quiver;
souls gather and melt with a whisper
and a promise and a prayer
carried away on warm air
to Eros for a love that will last
as long as old oak.
Oh how it blossoms yellow and orange
in celebration,
up on a summer hill.
Reely Bernie’s Top Ten of 2023
Blog article at Reely Bernie
I certainly had more favorite movies to choose from this year than last. I’m not sure if you will agree with me, but the quality, diversity, and creativity went up a level in 2023.
Still, I’m well aware of a current transformation I’m experiencing as the eccentric, polemic indies I once adored now annoy me, and the safer bets in mainstream theatre/streaming bring me peace. I just turned 45, and I’m an older dad with two wonderful, young daughters. That’s one of the reasons behind my new cinematic motives. (I also enjoy an occasional Hallmark movie with my wife.)
Some other reasons might include: I found critically acclaimed Poor Things to be smug, overly pleased with itself, and hypocritical in its so-called feminist statement (dare I say the same thing about Barbie?); Scorsese’s impertinent historical message was sidetracked by Leonardo and De Niro’s caricature acting in Killers of the Flower Moon; and, Wes Anderson has finally achieved picturesque nothingness with Asteroid City. Millennials can call me Scrooge, but their preferences couldn’t be any more cynical.
– Read the remainder of Bernie’s article here.
Who Built Solomon’s Temple?
Video presentation at Centre Place
The Bible credits the wise King Solomon with building the temple in Jerusalem, but extra-biblical sources are lacking Solomon is one of the most important figures in the Bible, credited with writing Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, as well as building the original Jerusalem temple (destroyed 587 bc). But for all his fame, why is there no contemporary mention of Solomon in historical sources outside the Bible?
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
Observation Blogger 
Excellent…