Category Archives: Life

A New Perspective

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

 “What do you want from life?” a friend asked me once: we were both twenty- one at the time: two adventurers on the road to glory; two comrades with stories to discover.  I looked up, squinting at my glass of … Continue reading →

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My Life In Residence

Posted on April 19, 2021 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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Finality

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“You must leave in the morning but we can say goodbye tonight” was my wife’s way of closing the door on our marriage: her voice was flat and calm: she was always calm. She had been my safe space, haven … Continue reading →

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In Another Place

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I woke up in another place, in another time, sitting in a chair and staring at a man I had never seen or met before. “ Hello” he said. “I wondered if you’d wake up here or just return to … Continue reading →

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A Life Resolved

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I have always loved the voyage of life while showing little regard for safety or sense of a destination; I was always the sauce on the dish but never the main ingredient. Still there was one dish I wished to … Continue reading →

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Lost Conversations

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Heard on the radio, a transmission from past decades: a fragment of conversation, picked up as the spacecraft travels its uncharted path. “I’ll see you soon, put the kettle on,” then laughter drifting into silence. “Who were they” you ask … Continue reading →

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Career Changing Moments

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

As a young teenager my passions swerved between football, and history. You can’t “do” history, or not easily if you’re a small boy, because people like Henry XIII are too busy getting married again to discuss their motivations with you, … Continue reading →

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Paradise With A Guilty Secret

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The world will not applaud us, that I understand, but two days ago before you left for America, emigrating with your ever-promoted husband, we snatched a last moment together: your hair on my shoulders, eyes locked with mine; finding comfort … Continue reading →

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To Richard,  Who Lived His Life With Open Arms

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

  Over many years I had a friend who was wonderfully exuberant when discussing his next enterprise, and whose eccentric sense of the normal chimed so often with my own. I met him through one of those “ Opportunities” which … Continue reading →

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Seventy-Fifth Anniversary

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Perhaps he was a footnote in history, there was no one left to ask, this veteran of a near forgotten war, now brought to life through films and sometimes books, but lived by him back when his legs still moved, … Continue reading →

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