Monthly Archives: February 2013

In A Hospital Near You

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The sun burns down on them. Him and Geoff as they squat in the desert. Could he use a drink, and he doesn’t mean water ? But the enemy are visibly before them  and he has other things to do. Now in the garden … Continue reading →

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Drifting Into Adulthood

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I grew up in a slightly odd childhood, one of the younger of six siblings, and sometime after my mother had exhausted all sense of wonder at the birth of a new child. Dealing efficiently with the demands of a … Continue reading →

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Some Years After I Died

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I sat in the car with my wife and travelled up to the cemetery where I’d been buried not long before. She didn’t know I was there, of course,. I was now the  silent passenger, the observer, the helpless carer whose love for her continued … Continue reading →

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A Curious Ambition

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“So you want to be an artist”, my father had said.,” or at least an entertainer”. What’s the difference” I replied.” An entertainer helps people forget, but an artist wants to remind people of the truth: of  where they are. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Opening of the Billiard and Indoor Sports Hall

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Arthur Barratt Monckton, president of the local Golf and Rugby club, and his wife Doris Dryden Monkton, whose father had a surprising fondness for restoration playwrights, completed their preparations for the dinner and dance marking the opening of the new sports hall. It  had been built after … Continue reading →

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Inconvenient Truths

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Recently in the UK, a man died. He was in his eighties and revered as a celebrity who “gave something back” through his “tireless” work for  disadvantaged and sick children. He was often to be seen in his Rolls Royce … Continue reading →

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