Monthly Archives: November 2011

Here’s an Odd Thing

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

A lot of you can gather that I’m a fairly independent, crash by the seat of your pants, kind of guy, and so I am. The road less travelled is always more interesting to me, even if it currently seems … Continue reading →

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Rude by Mistake

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Invited to dinner by a colleague who I didn’t know too well, but who was involved in some project with me, I entered the house bearing a bottle of reasonable wine and a smile which I hoped would mark my … Continue reading →

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The Scent of a Rose

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

In my middle late teens my childhood was largely over and I found myself in a bedsitter in an unglamorous area of London, living on fish and chips and working as a clerk in a sales office. The work was … Continue reading →

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Journey to Another Time

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

So many years ago; it seems another life,  I walked into the sea off the Serbian coast. It was called Yugoslavia then and I  was far from home. I was fully dressed and  could think of no other way to … Continue reading →

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Cooking Survival Post

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Just a quickie to say the steak, chips and veg strategy worked out well and for some reason or other it all tasted reasonable. Of course I remembered the watchword of the uncertain cook. “Don’t forget the wine”, and I … Continue reading →

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The “Raised Eyebrow Award”

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

As you may have noticed I recently spent a period on my own while my partner went off on a holiday to Dubai  visiting her daughter. In this period I undertook a scientific, rigorous and possibly exhausting research project on what … Continue reading →

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Habits with No Explanation

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I woke up in the middle of the night because my partner, bless her, has a range of well presented and obviously elegant eccentricities. One of them is she can  start laughing out loud in the middle of the night  … Continue reading →

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Hugs and That Sort of Stuff

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I like hugs:many people do. Having said that the number of people I hug as a matter of course is somewhere between five and ten . These are people I love without question,and there is reason to believe they feel … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Commitments

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Many of you probably realise that “Countingducks” is not my real name. It is, for me at least, an amusing assumed name or alias. Having said that my Blog is not really anonymous because a lot of my friends and … Continue reading →

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