Courage. Discipline. Respect for others. Integrity. Loyalty. Selfless commitment.
First are posts on my journey as a writer. The struggles, and what I have learnt. Maybe they will provide other authors with helpful insights. I do hope so.
May 1, 2026
The Beginnings
Like most, I came to writing by accident. Divorce was the first real spur. My sojourn in that particular wilderness gave me a great deal to get off my chest. And sitting in the frigid interior of the yacht to which life had banished me, hammering away at the keys of …
May 9, 2026
Aristotle
Aristotle The army has a habit of leaving soldiers in places where the stories make themselves. I started keeping notes. At the time it was for no particular reason. Now I am grateful, the notes jog my memory, fuel my writing. One late …
May 15, 2026
Knowledge Gap
There is another thing I have learnt from David Baboulene. It is a learning I immediately grasped. And have been unable to ignore ever since. Nowadays – post Bab, as I like to term it – I can hardly watch …
These are all my posts so far. They cover a wide range of topics in my area of interest. And some would say, expertise!
May 5, 2026
The West Bank Boils
The boy peers through the cracked window glass, straining in the half-light of early morning to see the Israeli soldiers below. He lives in a tall, decrepit building in the centre of the West Bank refugee camp in Jenin. The …
April 28, 2026
The Northern Border
War on the Northern Border What price deterrence? He is a very old man now. Increasingly, on his daily walks up the hill, he feels his age. The tapping of his stick is loud on the metalled roads of the …