Monthly Archives: June 2014

Whats In A Name

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

It was my father who told me once, that if you wanted to enjoy a sensible conversation with my mother it was important to catch her attention before noon. As he said, “She does not object to swallowing but will not … Continue reading →

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Discovering Talent and The Artistic Dream

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Very early on in my muddled career, I worked in what is called “The A & R Department” of a record company: that is the department which received all the tapes from would-be recording stars. There was at least a … Continue reading →

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Discussing Captain Crab

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Captain Crab, recently retired as ‘Officer n Charge’ of the stationary dept at Slumpdown Barracks, could claim, in secret anyway, that whatever the situation faced by British troops worldwide, regardless of the weaponry at the enemies disposal, the men supplied by him … Continue reading →

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A Weekend With The Powerful

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

At University you could get a bit of street- cred by striking attitudes, or looking mystical and muttering quasi-profundities such as “Yellow is the heart of Green” and then looking deep into the other persons eye as if a number … Continue reading →

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A Moving Testament

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

A sense of destiny, of course, is sprinkled liberally amongst the young, but I, middle aged and drifting towards obscurity, know that character will out, and make its disappointments and possible justifications known to those who drift beyond the innocence of … Continue reading →

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Gliding Round the Truth to Paradise.

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I was talking to Jeff the other evening, the one who’s been best man at two or three of my weddings: we keep arguing about the exact number. The object or subject of conversation, and I don’t know which one … Continue reading →

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Principle and Romance

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The Rev Cardew Patterdale enjoyed everything a man might delight in as the vicar of a prosperous living in a southern county of the United Kingdom apart from faith. This small blemish, failing, disconcerting uncertainty or however you characterise it … Continue reading →

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Internet Dating With A Side Order Of Chips

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The Duke of Mildshire could look back on a traceable ancestry or 700 years, peopled by those who lived in a social stratosphere free of financial constraints and rich in statesman of varying moral profiles and other politicians. Owing to a remorseless … Continue reading →

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