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Tag Archives: ageing
Who Do You Walk With
Some of us are loved until where we end and others begin becomes impossible to define. I am not that man. I walk, smiling at certain faces on the street, known to the point of small talk, but that love … Continue reading
Posted in ageing, character, community, Fiction, Love, Peter Wells
Tagged ageing, character, community, Fiction, Love, Peter Wells
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Style Was Her Character
My grandmother, I remember, draped a fur around her shoulders long after they ceased to be fashionable, even when reclining on the sofa in her home. She delighted in making statements such as, “I have offered up my life to … Continue reading
Posted in ageing, character, creative writing, Fiction, humour, Peter Wells
Tagged ageing, character, Fiction, Peter Wells, writing
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The Secret of A Long Life By Sedgemoor Longridge
“Sedgy” as he was known to his friends, most of them having died of course, him being ninety one, was holding forth to his son on his invigorating approach to “Living.” “Well, the first fifteen or sixteen years, as you know, are … Continue reading
Posted in character, creative writing, faith, Fiction, Life, Love, old age, Peter Wells, Relationships, Romance, values, writing
Tagged ageing, character, confidence, faith, Fiction, inspiration, Love, musings, Peter Wells, reflections, values, writing
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A Glorious Man In Passing But Impossible to Live With
I remember those heady days when we first entered college, dropped our bags and said goodbye to our parents, after conversations filled with awkward love and soon-forgotton advice. I remember meeting my new roommates, and sharing stories and then drinks and nodding a … Continue reading
Posted in character, childhood, community, creative writing, Environment, faith, Fiction, Life, Love, Peter Wells, Relationships, Romance, Talent, values, writing
Tagged ageing, character, confidence, Fiction, inspiration, musing, musings, Peter Wells, relationships, talents, values, writing, youth
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Ghost Of A Love Affair
” Love me but do not own me: Celebrate but don’t possess me” I see her smiling as she said it; the last words I heard spoken by her face to face. Off on an adventure, never to return, crushed by a lorry in some freak … Continue reading
Posted in character, creative writing, Environment, faith, Fiction, fiction, Life, Love, old age, Relationships, Romance, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged ageing, character, Fiction, relationships, values, writing
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An Invisible Presence at The Birth
In almost every case the birth of a child is a moment of Joy, occasionally Panic, Fear or Unease: normally the product of stable parents but sometimes not, the child might be blessed with love or any response from a range of emotions. In almost … Continue reading
Posted in character, community, creative writing, Environment, Life, Love, old age, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged ageing, character, environment, family, life, musings, old-age, reflections, values
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In Syria
Her face was like a river bed dried and cracked by unrelenting heat. Sitting there, beside the church on streets bleached white by sunlight, she made no statement, but still I felt I knew her. This other soul. This old … Continue reading
Posted in character, community, creative writing, faith, Life, Relationships, writing
Tagged ageing, character, conflict, life, musing, musings, reflections, syria, time
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The Penalties of Skyping
My mind is always full of a quiet but fixed purpose. To maintain the body and face of an athlete. This is my inflexible goal. Life can get can get in the way of every objective: one has to accept that. But my failsafe rule, my … Continue reading
Posted in character, creative writing, dieting, Health, Life, life2, old age
Tagged ageing, character, life, musing, musings, reflections, self-esteem, technology
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Face On A Boat
Kicked out of bed, dad’s voice gruff but warm, he spoke in terms of needs, his eyes of love .”Duty, chores and routine: all came first. Emotions were somehow managed in between.” Saying that he was a loving dad. In the manner … Continue reading
Posted in character, childhood, creative writing, Life, life2, old age, soldiers
Tagged ageing, character, childhood, family, inspiration, life, musings, reflections, time, values
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After Life
Was that her, it seemed so long ago? Another life lived in another age. A young girl dressed in white, beside the man she’d known since her birth. The son of her dad’s best friend, who played with her in his … Continue reading
Posted in character, childhood, creative writing, faith, Health, Life, old age, Relationships
Tagged ageing, childhood, faith, family, life, reflections, relationships
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