Monthly Archives: April 2013

Two Years, Two Hundred Posts

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The strangest fact about Blogging is that no one, or very few people,  starts a Blog to read anyone else’s. That’s just a by-product of the process. I came to Blogging because I woke in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

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Uncontrolled Brawling at Anger Management Class

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The Rev Nigel Windstay was a busy chap and liked to keep his fingers in as many pies as possible: not all of them cooked by his wife which irritated the hell out of her.  When she got especially annoyed  he would tell her to … Continue reading →

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Tea and Biscuits

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I knew a lady , old  and  proud. Money was in short supply but from her dress and demeanor that would never show.  She never  complained . She had little but   her privacy and  guarded it closely. What her life … Continue reading →

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Parting Words

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

You know that expression, “Live one day at a time”. Well there comes a day. for some of us, when we are living “One breath at a time”. That’s where Molly was at this moment. Not all bad mind you. The … Continue reading →

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The Engagement

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

He loved her but it didn’t show:gave her protection from a distance; understanding without a sense of intimacy. Just some guy in a cubicle crunching numbers through the working day: it wasn’t climbing Everest but it paid the bills. “Hey … Continue reading →

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‘Ducker’ Barrington

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Isn’t it curious how two very different aspects of human character can manifest themselves , under one roof, in one family and as a result of the same basic upbringing. ‘Ducker’ had a brother called Nicholas who, for some years,thought ‘Ali … Continue reading →

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The Final Judgement

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Not to rub it in, but it hadn’t gone all that well for Simon. Nothing too bad, of course. I wouldn’t like to exaggerate but he always remained, how would you say it, just outside the winner’s circle. Just below the balcony where … Continue reading →

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Nigel Winchmore-Symonds

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Nigel Winchmore- Symonds was not a lucky chap. I don’t know why. Some argument between the gods during his birth, or a sudden shift in the cosmic charts shortly before he was plonked into his mother’s arms. We have no … Continue reading →

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