Category Archives: Life

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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The Voyage Of Life

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Some rower sets off from his childhood to cross the Atlantic of life as the crowds gather to applaud his courage and the adventures he is yet to discover. He is moved by the numbers of people who are  there … Continue reading →

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Remembering Emma

Posted on January 24, 2022 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 … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Many of my blogging chums across the pond will be gathering together with their families and dear ones today to celebrate thanksgiving and give thanks that they have got safely through this troubled year. May I give a wave to … Continue reading →

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The Wedding Photograph

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My mother’s wedding photograph was notable in one degree only: she was smiling from the heart outward and love flowed from her eyes. Looking up at my father she clearly had found and married the man of her dreams and … Continue reading →

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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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