Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Wedding Dance

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Our first dance together was at ages five and six. The picture is in an album at my mother’s. We, Clara and I, met at junior school and shared the same senior school.Through planning we managed to go to the same university. She was the sensible one, … Continue reading →

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Life Outside The Boundry

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I’d entered the winner’s circle: wealth, travel and: ( check,check,check. ) women:  mine and any one else’s I could charm. I could walk into any restaurant and they would say, “On us sir” and I would nod, because modesty is part … Continue reading →

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Where Knowledge Grows

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I’ve read the words of men, or listened to their thoughts expressed as music. The men who walked where knowledge grows. Who’ve passed beneath the tree of wisdom and had it’s shadow grant them peace: briefly it might be. Look in their eyes and  you will find an … Continue reading →

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A Matter Of Identity

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

A We are all in it for the journey aren’t we. I mean we don’t have any choice. You sort of wake up and on the train of life, and then some guy comes up to you and out of … Continue reading →

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Adventure In The Shadows

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I came across her as she was walking down some road in the dark, with the rain pouring off her face and back, and I demanded she just get in the car and out of the weather till she muttered … Continue reading →

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Windbag Nige

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Lets get the hard facts out of the way, and I choose my words with care.  I was sitting next to the head of the “Stomachs Must Be Filled But I Don’t Feel Like Cooking” committee ,and reflecting on the problem … Continue reading →

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Near The Real World

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Characters on the silver screen, living their unlikely lives, seemed more real to him than ordinary folk, clinging to unsought routines. No different to the rest of us, he would sit silently nodding his head in some complex out of town, willing the changing … Continue reading →

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A Fragment Of Understanding

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I am old enough to know that the voyage of life is something I will never understand. Most of the things which happened to me are becoming sensible only in retrospect and clearer with the passage of time. I am one of those men who raise … Continue reading →

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