Monthly Archives: May 2013

The Wrong Engagement. A Dawning Truth.

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Later that day in an evening marked out by routine: a self constructed prison made of ritual she laid the food out on the table.  Two pork chops with some vegetables neatly displayed  on the plate . Her husband smiling,  and pretending to ignore her turmoil, poked the cooked meat … Continue reading →

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Navigating A Moral Universe

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Ok, no more introductions, or weak displays of verbal gymnastics, let’s get to the heart of the matter. The root of the question, the final conundrum.  The causeless cause. The unvarnished, unsung, impersonal truth. “Morals”. Do they matter? I must pause … Continue reading →

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Parallel Worlds

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I remember  I was thinking, was it yesterday or twenty years ago, about the existence of parallel worlds. Of other places in distant galaxies where someone could drive his Ford Brillo, or whatever the name of it is, into a MacDonalds and … Continue reading →

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The Email

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Honed in solitude, and far from any track, at a time when lifeless legs kept him exiled from the throng, his mind had moved where his limbs could not, through distant concepts and  landscapes travelled by imagination. Books, he reflected,  might inform you, but … Continue reading →

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Some Years after The Engagement

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

She raised her eyes to view her reflection in the mirror and studied the face before her. Still young and clean of line, but knowledge now marked her eyes. Experience, effort, putting on a brave face: they were present too.  A face of … Continue reading →

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In Syria

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Her face was like a river bed dried and cracked by unrelenting heat. Sitting there, beside the church on streets bleached white by sunlight, she made no statement, but still I felt I knew her. This other soul. This old … Continue reading →

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“Candid Corner”

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

You may not have heard of it yet, but you surely will do. The new craze sweeping through the internet. ‘Candid Corner’ is a platform where, by using anonymous names, you can be as honest or ‘candid’ as you like about the object … Continue reading →

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