jrdreistadtJun 12, 20151 min40 for 4040 for 40 #2: An Evening with AndreOK, so it wasn’t the first time I had ever seen Andre Watts. Nor was it the first time I ever saw him at New Jersey Performing Arts...
jrdreistadtJun 5, 20151 min40 for 4040 for 40 #1: Joan OsborneLast summer, when listening to various tracks on my MP3 player while on a road trip, my mother mentioned that she loved Joan Osborne’s...
jrdreistadtJun 4, 20152 minEmotional HealthI Was Happier When I Was DepressedI sometimes think that I was happier when I was depressed. I recently found a journal from 2006 and 2008, with an almost two-year gap...
jrdreistadtJun 2, 20152 minWritingThe Lonely Life of a WriterWriting is a solitary enterprise and that, overall, suits me just fine. After a day at work surrounded by other people, love them though...
jrdreistadtMay 30, 20152 minCreativityHungry Muse, Naughty MuseI yearn to create writing that is imaginative, playful, honest, and luscious — and to do so on a consistent basis. Writing is not only an...
jrdreistadtMay 23, 20152 minCreativityArt for the MassesA few years ago, when visiting a major museum in the Mid-Atlantic area which shall remain unnamed, I was absolutely mortified when an...