Books Do Furnish a Room by Anthony Powell This is novel number 10 of Anthony Powell’s 12 novel series collectively… Read more Books Do Furnish a Room
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.
Goals Worth NOT Fighting For
Behind the Hanukkah story of miracles and lights is a story of religious oppression and a group of believers waging… Read more Goals Worth NOT Fighting For
When the Spirit Says, “Do”!
Like most of you, I’m anxious for our Fellowship to begin meeting in-person again, as soon as possible. I’m craving… Read more When the Spirit Says, “Do”!
The King of California
The King of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire by Mark Arax and Rick… Read more The King of California
Grateful for…
I find it funny that Thanksgiving is a secular holiday but perhaps the most spiritual of all. Spirituality begins with… Read more Grateful for…
The Military Philosophers
The Military Philosophers by Anthony Powell The Military Philosophers completes the third “movement” of Anthony Powell’s twelve-novel series titled A… Read more The Military Philosophers
Window Washing
I live in an apartment building on the fourth floor, so washing the windows is a big deal. It’s not… Read more Window Washing
The Soldier’s Art
The Soldier’s Art by Anthony Powell The eighth novel in the twelve novel series titled A Dance to the Music… Read more The Soldier’s Art
Prayer and Spiritual Practice
Spiritual practice is part of the action of a faith life, how we “do” our religion. For UUs that includes… Read more Prayer and Spiritual Practice
The Valley of Bones
The Valley of Bones, by Anthony Powell This is the 7th of the 12-part, very long novel by Anthony Powell… Read more The Valley of Bones