Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed by John Suchet After reading The Brothers Karamazov and War and Peace, and the novellas The… Read more Tchaikovsky: The Man Revealed
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.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Henry James published this novel in 1881. It had appeared in serial… Read more The Portrait of a Lady
Used to Be UU
Used to Be UU: The Systemic Attack on UU Liberalism, What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do,… Read more Used to Be UU
A Simple Heart
A Simple Heart, by Gustave Flaubert I read a translation by Arthur McDowall included in the same volume titled Short… Read more A Simple Heart
Religious Community, Post-COVID
As a vaccine becomes available, we might go back to normal, or “normal” might be something new. The experience of… Read more Religious Community, Post-COVID
The Fox
The Fox by D. H. Lawrence The Fox is a novella published in 1922. The setting is a small English… Read more The Fox
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers by Henry James After finishing War and Peace I was looking to read something shorter before I… Read more The Aspern Papers
War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy A magnificent book. Often named as the best novel of all time in any… Read more War and Peace
The Truth Hurts, Falsehood Destroys
As we observed over the last year, a post-truth society is a pre-tyranny society. Without truth all liberal systems suffer:… Read more The Truth Hurts, Falsehood Destroys
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro wrote Remains of the Day, which I read and loved last… Read more Never Let Me Go