Insights Archives - Page 5 of 9 - The Monk Dude

0 This beautiful 300 acre property near Calistoga was once a popular retreat site. In 2017 it was destroyed by fire. But now the owner, David Levy, inspired by a new vision, is on a mission to restore the land and rebuild better. Last Friday I flew up there with John Majeski. His cute little Cirrus is named after…

1 I think I’ve invented a new kind of therapy. It involves turning my real life enemies into villains in my novels and stories. In my literature course at University we learned that in story-telling, villains are usually the most fun. Think Loki, in The Avengers, or if we go a bit more Renaissance, Satan in…

0 Oppenheimer and Hiroshima Day August 6th, aka yesterday, was Hiroshima Day, commemorating the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945. I joined my first anti-nuclear protest march with my family when I was five years old. In the 1960’s, even in distant New Zealand, nuclear war was on our minds. Here in…