0 My comical fantasy novel, Real Dragons Don’t Cry, tells the story of an alien cephalopod visiting Earth in the 14th Century, on a mission to find the lost seed of the magical Microvita Tree. He has to deal with an evil wizard, and vegetarian dragon, and find the seed in the drowned kingdom of…

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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…

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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…

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