Monthly Archives: August 2022

Ukraine

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

One of my current endeavours is to volunteer, teaching Ukrainian refugees English and through this I have got to know the stories of quite a few of them. This was made more graphic last Wednesday as they celebrated their Independence … Continue reading →

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In Search Of Improvement

Posted on August 15, 2022 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

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 … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Flaw

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

You would love her if she wished, but not for an eternity. Anger was her closest friend, and nothing bored her more, she cried, than “Weak kneed praise from slack jawed men.” Unstable at the best of times, she could … Continue reading →

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