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.
Light in August
Light in August by William Faulkner After his first three early novels (Soldier’s Pay, 1926, Mosquitoes, 1927, Sartoris, 1929) Faulkner… Read more Light in August
Daily Drawings
Forgive Us Our Debts
The weather report said no rain until Thursday, but Abby knew not to trust an April forecast. In Texas you could… Read more Forgive Us Our Debts
Humboldt’s Gift
As a young man I read a lot of the big American, male, authors of the mid-twentieth century, many of… Read more Humboldt’s Gift
Sanctuary
Sanctuary by William Faulkner Faulkner published The Sound and the Fury in 1929, followed by As I Lay Dying in… Read more Sanctuary
Prayer
Divine energy of the universeSpirit of love, beauty, liberation and joy,Be with us this worship hourAnd be with us throughout… Read more Prayer
Do Be Do Be Do
Is it enough in life merely to “be”, or are we called to do something with our gift of life? Spiritual… Read more Do Be Do Be Do
Noted by its Absence
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Having read Absalom, Absalom! recently, and then re-reading The Sound and the Fury,… Read more As I Lay Dying