Monthly Archives: March 2021

The Other Side Of Life

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

She was a woman of significant achievement,  pursuing  a successful career in the legal profession who enjoyed everything a person could wish for apart from empathy  and a friendship of trusted intimacy, while he was a man of little perceptible … Continue reading →

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A Gift Too Far

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Mark Flatterby, a man in his late fifties, lived moderately, surrounding himself with colleagues, friends of respectable character, a wife and two children. All good on the Flatterby front then until a certain Maureen Cartwright turned up to work as … Continue reading →

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A Fly In The Appointment

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Simon Warmsley- Maddock, ( his mother had added the ‘Warmsley’ in a fit of vanity), when a boy of six, was a smooth cheeked young lad whose complexion was eased towards his parent’s idea of perfection by a diet of … Continue reading →

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Conditioning

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

We were as different as two people can be, with different approaches to life, culture and religion but at the centre of it I felt you would always be true to me, and so I opened the door to my … Continue reading →

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Mr Cummings

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Mr Cummings, who taught me English at school was considered an “Odd Man.” You could see even then, and I was about eleven when he taught me, that most of his conversations were with himself, which he involved you in … Continue reading →

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