I’ll admit it, I love cake. I know a lot of people think it is too dry but, that is easily compensated for by lavishing on a little more icing! No, cake, in my humble opinion, is one of the single most important inventions of humankind! It is right up there with the wheel, only it is better than the wheel, because you can eat it!

The experts say cake evolved from breads. The ancient Greeks made cheesecake from goats mild, and, the Romans fortified bread with milk, eggs, and honey. We still have some of these cross-over bread-cakes today, like Banana Nut bread, and Sponge cake. And, up until the depression, cakes were still made from scratch. Then, in the 1930s, a manufacturer put a fortified bread-cake mix in a box, to help feed millions of economically depressed people. They added flavorings, boxed icings, and cake-mix-in-a-box was born!

And, what is my favorite cake? Oh, that’s an easy…

We never know what burdens people carry, or, how well they are holding up under them. Some, stand like an oak tree under the weight of their lives, while others are crushed from the strain.

I have to admit, that I have a real hard time not judging people. I see some guy leaning against a wall and I want to give him a piece of my mind. So, why do I find it so darned easy to criticize him? Is it the shabby clothes, the fact that he is not employed? The truth is, If I saw a man who was missing part of his arm, and he was trying to change a flat, I wouldn’t dream of criticizing him for not doing a very good job of it. I’d go right over and help him, because I can plainly see that he is physically impaired. Yet, if I see a perfectly healthy looking fellow who is…