How Writing is like Baking Cookies

It was a bet I did with my daughter over a Netflix movie, Designated Survivor, that made me think of how much writing is like baking cookies.

02/05/202017/10/2021

Afghanistan, a Dangerous Landscape

Much or less is known about Afghanistan and its dangerous landscape. An old Afghan proverb says: ‘There is a path to the top of even the highest mountain.’ Of course there is, and a view to go with it. A history lesson too, I would add.

21/04/202017/10/2021

Rafik’s Journey in Silent Heroes. The Hindu Kush Mountains

Rafik, the youngest character from Silent Heroes is forced to leave his home village of Nauzad, alone. Somehow during his trip, no spoilers here, he ends up at Camp Bastion, then is forced to wonder through the Afghan desert and he even takes a drive in the US Marine’s Oshkosh vehicle, a short moment of respiro before his life is endangered again.

07/04/202017/10/2021

The Soldier and his Dog, Silent Heroes

“Early in the morning when the sky’s still dark

And no lively ray has yet pierced the night,

When all are sleeping and all is still,

When no wind blows and no bird sings,

So early in the morning –

The soldier wakes up.

31/03/202017/10/2021

Rafik’s Journey in Silent Heroes. An Oshkosh Vehicle

Rafik, the youngest character in Silent Heroes, When Love and Values Are Worth Fighting for, undergoes a rather explosive journey in an Oshkosh vehicle belonging to the US Marines.