Monthly Archives: January 2014

A New Bard Strides Forth

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

William Stir-Arrow was, and possibly might have remained, a playwright whose abilities would remain concealed from the general public where it not for a peculiar conversation held at some publishing house.His family legend had it that they were intimately connected, in some way, … Continue reading →

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And All the Wonders of the World

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Each day he rose from bed at six, and made them both a cup of tea, “It’s looking cold” he might remark, or “Dawn is still some time away”. He was a man of fixed routine, who liked to live … Continue reading →

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Preparing For A Dinner Party: A Guide for the Unsophisticated.

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

On Saturday we are having two couples to dinner. More interestingly, from my point of view, and for reasons I might make clearer later in the post, one couple is staying the night, thus opening the portal through to Breakfast Heaven. Firstly, the … Continue reading →

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A Chance Exit

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The road ahead would stretch as far as he wanted: company unavailable. Exits were his speciality: entrances happened  infrequently: opportunity waited confidently for him to spoil it’s promise. Another drunken rage, a moment of unfaithfulness, a sense of himself tilting  at … Continue reading →

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The Parting

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Value her as he did, and love her as he did he could not promise to value her always, and that scrupulous thought forced him to walk away and not look back. That look she gave him then, empty and yet … Continue reading →

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My List of Firm, Cast Iron and Focussed New Year Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

1) Try and Remember What They Are 2) Translate them into Albabian 3) Try and Improve my Spelling

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