Suprise Me

This is the only place I have ever lived where any decent snowstorm causes people to panic and abandon their cars all over the streets. Read More

The White Elephant Sale raises dollars in the millions for the museum and provides items for people in the community ... Read More

I would be remiss in my discussion of the Newark Public Library if I did not mention Philip Roth's novella Goodbye Columbus. Read More

  Retrospect – I Was At Woodstock in 1969 By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Preface: The Day My Brother’s VW Wagon Became a Portal to Another Dimension (and Other Slightly Exaggerated Truths) They say if you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there. Well, I remember the ’60s, or at least a very… Read More

Although there are jingles and slogans in advertising today, I don't believe they are as memorable as the ones from our younger years. Read More

For me, it was the first decent job I had even though it was only over the Christmas rush. Read More

Prospective lizard owners take note, you also become cricket ranchers. Read More

The Brandeis Theatre Department hired a new scenic painter in 1973. In addition to painting all the backdrops, he also taught a life drawing course and advertised for models. I had done a little modeling during my time at Brandeis, but nothing note-worthy. This was a real class, taught by a master, so I signed… Read More

Only now does the sheer phallic audacity of that picture make me chuckle. Read More

How did I happen to read that book?  I don’t remember anyone giving it to me or seeing it in the house, so most likely it was in a school library, maybe thoughtfully displayed by a librarian, or maybe just calling to me from a shelf. In any case it was not like anything I had read and it spoke powerfully to my own adolescent yearning to make sense of existence. Read More