Category Archives: Talent

Bunter Macingtosh Flirts With An Executive Lifestyle

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

When a letter arrived, addressed to Mr B.J. Macintosh from L.J.Lemmings Ltd, digital security experts, who boast that even their luncheon menu is encrypted, inviting me to be interviewed for a position in their Cyber Security department I was baffled. … Continue reading →

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Related To The Bard

Posted on July 31, 2017 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, … Continue reading →

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Something To Do With Skillsets

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Her stare challenged everything in sight: late twenties and a shaper of events, the answer to many situations lay filed in her experiences: she feared little but some aspects of emotion, and looked on those she knew as reference points. … Continue reading →

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To Be An Artist

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“So you want to be an artist”, my father said, “Or at least an entertainer”. “What’s the difference” I replied, and he said,” An entertainer helps people forget their circumstances, but an artist wants to remind them of the truth: … Continue reading →

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The Un-Materialist

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I remember those heady days when we first entered college, dropped our bags and said goodbye to our parents. Those conversations filled with awkward love and soon-forgotten advice. I remember meeting my new roommates, and sharing stories and then drinks … Continue reading →

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That Forgotten Face

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The only thing which proved that life was bearable was that he was still living it. Given any choice but suicide he would have changed his circumstances to anything but this; his current situation. Of course that thought had been … Continue reading →

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The Point Of Living

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

 After eighteen months spent working in a call centre among people who were sometimes exuberant, but looking at a different version of ambition to my own, I went off to university or my life’s idea of sanctuary. About two terms … Continue reading →

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First Love’s Eternity

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

You lived creatively letting art define your life, fearless in your every day, walking the path I should have walked if I had courage in my veins; but I was a percentage man, careful always not to fail. I talked … Continue reading →

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Technical Interface And The Older Brain

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My brain is largely empty, because I have always disliked clutter, and I sieve changes in the world using a complex set of reflexes commonly known as “Lack of Interest.”  Never the less, on regular occasions we enjoy the company of my … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Lorna Earl, author of “Never Turn Back”

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

      I don’t know when I came across the Blog of Lorna Earl, ( http://lornasvoice.com/ ) but I do know I have followed her posts for over three years now and always marvelled at the mixture of toughness and … Continue reading →

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