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.

Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from a novel in progress — the first sequel to Real Dragons Don’t Cry. Working title: The Way of the Banana. The good thing about freezing to death in the snow in a walrus suit is that after a certain point, it doesn’t hurt…

I think I’ve invented a new kind of therapy. I’m pretty sure I thought of it even before Jesus did. It involves turning my real life enemies into villains in my novels. In my literature course at University we learned that in story-telling, villains are usually the most fun. …

I love quoting wise sayings — it takes the hard work out of sounding intelligent. But there’s one wise saying from the Sufi tradition that, at first, had me perplexed: “Trust in God but Tie Your Camel.” I get the first part. I believe in God, sort of, depending whether…

It has been said that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Well, what happened to me when I was living in London a few years ago was stranger than either. Well, we’re back! What an adventure. Some months ago my brave research lion, Aslan and I set off on a…

Thanks, Louis, for this superb article. You're not just a good singer! 😊❤️🎶 Of course we particularly love writers who happen to agree with us, and you put many of my own thoughts on this subject into words. I think about AI, Intuition and Creativity a lot as I teach Meditation and Creative Thinking for companies in Silicon Valley. I'm also a life-long musician and creative writer so this is close to my heart.

Last May I was relaxing for a few days at our spiritual retreat center in Mexico. The climate was warm and idyllic and the surrounds were uninterruptedly pleasant, featuring decorative stone walls, exotic plants and just the right quantity of friendly humans. Our delightful American ex-patriot neighbor, Dorinda, comes every…

I expect that you’ve been lying awake and night wondering, what is Monkotopia? It’s really quite simple. You’ve heard of utopia — a perfect world where everything seems designed to please You. Hence ‘You’ topia. It makes ‘You’ happy to live in this kind of world. Dystopia is the opposite…

When I was eleven years old I read a book called African Adventure by Willard Price. I thought this book was wonderful, particularly the part where the villain killed an enemy by putting chopped leopard’s whiskers in his soup. According to Willard Price, leopard’s whiskers are indigestible as the sharp…