It’s been a long time since I welcomed the beginning of Spring as enthusiastically and gratefully as I am this… Read more Spring!
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.
Post Office
Post Office by Charles Bukowski After I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985, I worked for a few years at… Read more Post Office
Canvasser Notes
This Sunday marks the official end of our Stewardship Campaign. We will thank our canvassers, thank our pledgers, and celebrate… Read more Canvasser Notes
Selected Poems
Selected Poems, T. S. Eliot This is another book I found in a bookcase at Jim’s parent’s house and brought… Read more Selected Poems
Making Peace
Google “spirituality” and you’ll get images of quiet prayer, serene meditation, or a blissed-out moment of disconnection. We think of… Read more Making Peace
Stewardship Campaign Nears the End
This week we are nearing the official end of our annual Stewardship Campaign. This is the time each year when… Read more Stewardship Campaign Nears the End
Treasure Island
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson When Jim and I were in Mexico last December, visiting his mother after his… Read more Treasure Island
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Boy, this was not what I expected. I had thought that the story of Heathcliff… Read more Wuthering Heights
Stewardship Campaign
Our annual Stewardship Campaign is underway. Our team of trained canvassers have begun sending emails and making phone calls to… Read more Stewardship Campaign
The Ability to Achieve Purpose
Because we reflexively think of power as “power over” power can be seen as a negative for Unitarian Universalists. But… Read more The Ability to Achieve Purpose