Category Archives: values

Cometh the Hour and Gone The Hour

Posted on February 15, 2021 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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A Question Of Choices

Posted on December 7, 2020 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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Another Kind Of Isolation

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

There I sat, pleasantly full after a late breakfast, watching the smoke from my cigarette move lazily up the window frame. In my other hand was a smallish glass of whisky, which I raised to sip before exhaling pleasantly, nodding … Continue reading →

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A Bottle Of Your Finest

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Simon Plumpleton, whose surname  was the result of an ancestor’s misguided social ambitions, pulled his stomach in and admired his Botox-enhanced face in the mirror. He grinned, and smiled at the memory of his frequent chats with the lovely Araminta … Continue reading →

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A Happy Christmas One And All

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Well it’s that time of year again when I toss all literary ambitions aside, consumed as I am by the anxiety which comes with the responsibility for cooking the Christmas meal. Will it all be overdone, underdone or not done … Continue reading →

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Modesty In Circumstance

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I knew a lady, old and proud, who struggled by on limited means although from her dress and demeanour that was not immediately obvious: she never complained. Her principle defence was privacy and she guarded that closely. What her life … Continue reading →

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Designing A Child’s Character

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

At eight and three quarter months the baby was developing normally, and now the light above the Wombulator was changing to green, which meant she could insert the chip of personality traits and abilities she wished her child to possess and … Continue reading →

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Beneath The Tree Of Life

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I’ve read the words of men who walk where understanding grows: who’ve passed beneath the tree of wisdom and had its shadow grant them peace, briefly though it be. Look in their eyes and you will discover glimpses of eternity. … Continue reading →

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A Tale Of Two Brothers

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Isn’t it curious how two very different aspects of the human character can manifest themselves under one roof, from one family and as a result of much the same upbringing. ‘Ducker’ had a brother called Nicholas who, for some years, … Continue reading →

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Recollecting His Brief Permanence

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The doctor’s words  slid across his mind, played with his future and settled on the hand in front of him. His hand. “Three months at most”. The words were not ambiguous. He had a period of mobility, and armed with pain killers … Continue reading →

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