Category Archives: Love

A Sort Of Merry Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Hello one and all. I just wanted to say I hope you all have a lovely Christmas regardless of the strange circumstances we all find ourselves in.   Nothing is certain at the moment but at least I hope you have … Continue reading →

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A Misunderstanding

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Ruth was getting ready for her date with Herman, but her heart was not singing. She knew in moments of honesty that she had rung Herman to annoy another man, and not from any real desire to see him or … Continue reading →

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That Lasting Memory

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Value her as he did, and love her as he did he could not promise to value her always, and that scrupulous thought forced him to walk away and not look back. That look she gave him then, empty and … Continue reading →

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A Moment Of Indecision

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The clock beside me said 6:23am: digital and with unmoving hands, but still the weight of the day bore down upon me. At 2pm today I would become a married man and what was rising through me was raw unprocessed … Continue reading →

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A Timeless Union

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

One afternoon my Grandad said to me, “Son, to men, women always remain a mysterious entity while to women, men become a flawed utility.” He made the comment with a chuckle and it made me smile because I remember Grandma … Continue reading →

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The Cost Of Love

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

He loved her but it didn’t show:gave her protection from a distance and  understanding without a sense of intimacy. Just some guy in a cubicle crunching numbers through the working day: it wasn’t climbing Everest but it paid the bills. … Continue reading →

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A Recognition

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

As a student I hide myself behind an unremarkable exterior but wondering about those paragraphs in history,no-one can explain, where brave men live, striding across ungoverned terrain where only the courageous or foolish dare explore.  She must have known that … Continue reading →

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Non-commital Love

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I came across her as she was walking down some road in the dark, with the rain pouring off her face and back, and I demanded she just get in the car and out of the weather till she muttered … Continue reading →

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Reaching An Understanding

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Our courtship was built on a meeting in Hawaii where we were both on holiday, and we discovered we both lived in the same city. “Is this fate?” she asked, and I just nodded my head and leant to kiss … Continue reading →

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A Confession Of Love

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

In these last days and hours before my final breath may I, Gordon Richard Carlson, lay my guilt and thoughts before you as a matter of conscience, if not regret, so that I might meet my maker free of worldly … Continue reading →

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