Monthly Archives: July 2014

A Birth in Gaza

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

To those unknowing of my childhood my enigmatic and disconnected behaviour must have seemed odd and possibly uncivilised. In youth I could not see beyond getting by and surviving day by day; ‘learning’ was another country where less damaged people … Continue reading →

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Old Posts re-aired starting with “The Engagement”

Posted on July 29, 2014 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. … Continue reading →

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300 Posts and Counting

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Three hundred Blog posts seems an astonishing number would have seemed a fanciful number to me when I began Blogging over three years ago  and in many ways my life, outlook and the readership of my Blog have changed beyond recognition in … Continue reading →

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Gathering Political Unease

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I love Blogging, always have, and hopefully will continue to do so, and I talk about a lot of stuff, mostly personally based, and make up stories because that is my pleasure, but very recently as events have unfolded in … Continue reading →

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No Parties Please at Bramley Home for the Elderly

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My name is Stanley Castle, which is the name I prefer, although the familiar, “We’re all friends now” people insist on calling me “Stan.” I am a man who relishes order and formalities and excessive familiarity unsettles me: it has … Continue reading →

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A Dating Club for ‘Losers’

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Rick Slider, whose boast to his mother was that he was always behaved honourably if there was no alternative, and that the only thing which made an act ‘appalling in the face of nature’ was it’s discovery by others, was travelling … Continue reading →

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The Sportalist

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Geoff Dunkin put down his drink long enough to say, “He should have moved to the right, tucked his left elbow in and then swung the racket through the ball. That would have put a spin on it and he’d … Continue reading →

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A Promising Date

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

 Ruth was getting ready for her date with Herman, but her heart was not singing. She knew in moments of honesty that she had rung Herman to annoy another man, and not from any real desire to see him or get to … Continue reading →

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