Rained-on cakes and chainsaws

HANABA MUNN WELCH

Remember that song about the cake that got left out in the rain?

Well, you shouldn’t leave a battery-powered chainsaw out in the rain either.

Don’t tell my husband. Thankfully, he’s not in my readership.

Back to the cake. What a great song! If asked, I’d have guessed “MacArthur Park” was a Beatles song. I wasn’t paying close attention to popular music in 1968.

Rather, it was a hit for…