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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Love Again For Me
The time for pretending was now over . Her gaunt face on the pillow, taking fought-for shallow breaths. Madelaine our only child, sleeping quietly in my arms, too young to watch her mother’s presence living out its final throw. “Love again,” my dear wife told. “Do … Continue reading
Posted in character, childhood, creative writing, faith, Fiction, Life, Love, Peter Wells, poetry, Relationships, Romance, writing
Tagged childhood, faith, Fiction, life, Love, Peter Wells, relationships, romance, values, writing
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Responding To A Drowning Man
I was standing on the bridge the other evening, admiring the view, and the way the current played against the boats moored on the river side when a man thrashing around desperately in the water appeared from underneath the bridge. … Continue reading
Posted in character, community, creative writing, Environment, Fiction, humour, Life, Peter Wells, Relationships, values, writing
Tagged character, environment, faith, family, Fiction, humour, life, reflections, relationships, values, writing
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Natalie Irvine. A Local Artist With A Growing Reputation
Some of you may remember my post about the paintings of Emma Cattell, who is a local artist of merit and a growing following I am proud to know. Another individual in the same category is Natalie Irvine whose husband … Continue reading
Posted in Art, community, creative writing, Emma Cattell, Natalie Irvine, Painting, Peter Wells, skils, Stained-Glass, Talent
Tagged Art, inspiration, Natalie Irvine, Peter Wells, Stained-Glass, talents
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The Last Message Home
You heard it on a radio, some transmission made decades before, a fragment of a conversation, picked up as your ship travels its now uncharted path. “I’ll see you soon, put the kettle on,” then laughter and a silence which is infinite. “What was this life, … Continue reading
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Tagged character, environment, faith, inspiration, life, musings, reflections, values, writing
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Family Gatherings
I am well-supplied with sisters and one of them had a “milestone” birthday so her two daughters held a party at which cousins from far and wide, of various levels of connection turned up to wave the family flag and wish … Continue reading
Posted in character, childhood, community, creative writing, Environment, faith, Life, old age, Peter Wells, Relationships, Uncategorized, values
Tagged character, childhood, environment, family, inspiration, life, musing, Peter Wells, reflections, relationships, values
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Lost in A Photographs
The only thing she knows now: it is not safe to cry. Holding on her only strategy but here, in this old photograph you cannot see that in her eyes, not in this image taken way back when, before experience and grief robbed her … Continue reading
Posted in character, community, creative writing, Environment, faith, Fiction, Middle East, Peter Wells, soldiers, values, writing
Tagged character, childhood, conflict, environment, faith, family, inspiration, life, Peter Wells, relationships, values, writing
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Life Without Fishing Nets
Those friendships we enjoyed, so casually, in a life, not overburdened with demands, allowed us room to celebrate with ease, a freedom we now find embalmed in photographs, and some remaining artefacts. Me grinning with a new caught fish, the harbour as it once was, … Continue reading
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Tagged character, environment, life, musing, old-age, Peter Wells, reflections, values, work
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A Life Changing Interview
At the age of nineteen I had a temporary and precarious job as a backroom assistant in a bakery shop. In between heaving trays of bread I allowed myself to dream, and to aid that process, I used to scan … Continue reading
Posted in character, creative writing, Fiction, humour, Life, Peter Wells, Relationships, Uncategorized, values, writing
Tagged character, confidence, Fiction, humour, inspiration, Peter Wells, reflections, values, writing
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Possibly A Step Too Far
I don’t know how long it had been, or how you would characterise it. A friendship of sorts, naturally, but what was the garnish, and was there magic in it? The question began to bother me, so one morning, as … Continue reading
Posted in character, creative writing, Fiction, humour, Life, Love, old age, Peter Wells, Relationships, Romance, values, writing
Tagged character, conflict, family, Fiction, humour, life, Love, Peter Wells, relationships, self-esteem, writing
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