As we move into the final month of our church program year, we have a very full calendar. I hope… Read more Busy June
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.
Evolution of a Baby Boomer
Evolution of a Baby Boomer: Life Beyond Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll by Joyce Fidler Evolution of a Baby… Read more Evolution of a Baby Boomer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Yet another book I picked up from the free book… Read more Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Email Scam
Once again, I want to warn our community to be careful with emails that may seem to be from me,… Read more Email Scam
What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg I picked this up at the same time I found Exit Ghost by… Read more What Makes Sammy Run?
Exit Ghost
Exit Ghost by Philip Roth There’s a coffee house a block from the church. I walk there a couple of… Read more Exit Ghost
You’re Perfect, Now Change
Mothering, whether performed by a mother or someone else, requires accepting a child as they are, while also encouraging and… Read more You’re Perfect, Now Change
Songs of the Soul
I’ve been having so much fun singing with the church choir. Rehearsal are fun. Singing on Sundays is fun. Our… Read more Songs of the Soul
Humanly Possible
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell Jim and I were in New… Read more Humanly Possible
The Arc of the Moral Universe
Many years ago a Unitarian minister wrote: “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe. The arc is a long… Read more The Arc of the Moral Universe