A list of every book I’ve read since July, 2020, arranged by authors’ last name. ACHEBE, ChinuaThings Fall Apart ALAGO,… Read more Reading List
Author: Rick
My life-long passion is in the arts: music, theater, visual arts, and literature. I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985 with a degree in music composition. After a career in Human Resources with the AIDS Project Los Angeles and as a parish minister for Unitarian Universalist churches in the Los Angeles area, I retired in 2025 and pursued my artistic work: drawing, painting, composing, and creative writing.
Crowned Heads
Crowned Heads by Thomas Tryon I read The Other a few weeks ago, Tryon’s first novel about adolescent twin boys… Read more Crowned Heads
Francis Davis Millet
Francis Davis Millet: A Titanic Life by Peter A. Engstrom After reading Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage last week I was… Read more Francis Davis Millet
Drawings: July to December 2026
All drawings pencil on paper, 9″ x 12″
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster One of the gay news sites… Read more Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
The Other
The Other by Thomas Tryon This book came across my facebook feed. Not sure what signal I’d given to the… Read more The Other
The Wedding-Knell
“The Wedding-Knell” by Nathaniel Hawthorne This is another of the several stories Hawthorne collected in the first volume of Twice-Told… Read more The Wedding-Knell
The Minister’s Black Veil
“The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne The New York Times recently published a reading list for public school students… Read more The Minister’s Black Veil
The Flutter of an Eyelid
The Flutter of an Eyelid by Myron Brinig I came to this strange, disappointing, novel in a roundabout way. It… Read more The Flutter of an Eyelid
What is Life For?
“What should I do?” is one of the core questions of spirituality. The question comes up throughout our lives: choosing a career,… Read more What is Life For?