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
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.
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
Tristram Shandy
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne Notice the novel is titled “Life and Opinions….” not… Read more Tristram Shandy
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Feodor Dostoyevsky I’m reading some of the selections in a book I’ve had on my shelf… Read more Notes from Underground