Category Archives: life2

Victim of His Own Impulses

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

She was a lady in the crowd,  undistinguished in all matters but one: on her right shoulder, underneath her blouse which was white, I could see a black bra strap. I thought it odd that a woman with a white blouse  … Continue reading →

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Shameless Talk About Publication Date

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Some time ago I wrote a post about people whose life was unsettled because they had an extreme degree of good manners. In it there was a general who refused to attack the enemy because, he considered it to be … Continue reading →

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One For The Road

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

‘Mackers’ or Mackintosh for the pedantic was one of those fellows who “Packed it in”: four marriages, three of them producing a single child which Mackers called “Spreading the load”, more jobs and ‘vocations’ than you could cram into a career … Continue reading →

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A New Bard Strides Forth

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

William Stir-Arrow was, and possibly might have remained, a playwright whose abilities would remain concealed from the general public where it not for a peculiar conversation held at some publishing house.His family legend had it that they were intimately connected, in some way, … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Nelson Mandela was like a Dad to many of us and showed us all that losing faith is an option and not an inevitability, and that good men really can make a difference: his life and values made my life richer. … Continue reading →

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The Flippant Guide to Profundity

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Normally resident at 37  Bloxham Road; flat 6 for the lovers of detail, Wayne ‘Sagey’ Trollope, no relative of the author, but sharing a similar fondness for his own muse, could be found once more, at his consulting ‘ rooms’ somewhere near … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening? Why am I Posting Twice in Two Days

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Well, I was munching on a rather well cooked piece of chicken, and I can say that with some confidence because I cooked it myself, when something popped up in my virtual In-tray. I found it exciting, so I wanted … Continue reading →

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It Is What It Is

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I’ve heard  that phrase a few times, and owing to fact that I have tendonitis in my right hand and cannot write,( Ok then why am I writing this but more of that later ), I thought I’d Witter on about it … Continue reading →

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The Final Judgement

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Not to rub it in, but it hadn’t gone all that well for Simon. Nothing too bad, of course. I wouldn’t like to exaggerate but he always remained, how would you say it, just outside the winner’s circle. Just below the balcony where … Continue reading →

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Life in the Zoo

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Here I am, A Lion in the Zoo. All meals ready packed. Adventure no longer on the table . Those primal days, running on uncertain ground are now a story board, caught on a poster laid out before my cage.  Needs are catered for … Continue reading →

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