Tag Archives: childhood

Memories Of My Mother

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

While physically present in my childhood, my mother was always more absorbed by questions of faith than the people around her so, in practical terms, she was seldom involved in my daily life. Every week the same succession of meals would … Continue reading →

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An Unsettling Seduction

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My mother was a woman of rigorous order and routine, disregarding a weakness for iced-buns, and few things were allowed to alter the structure of her day or week, including unnecessary “Hysterical” displays, which was the generic term she applied … Continue reading →

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Life Outside The Boundry

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I’d entered the winner’s circle: wealth, travel and: ( check,check,check. ) women:  mine and any one else’s I could charm. I could walk into any restaurant and they would say, “On us sir” and I would nod, because modesty is part … Continue reading →

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Love Again For Me

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The time for pretending was now over . Her gaunt face on the pillow, taking fought-for shallow breaths. Madelaine our only child, sleeping quietly in my arms, too young to watch her mother’s presence living out its final throw. “Love again,” my dear wife told. “Do … Continue reading →

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Family Gatherings

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I am well-supplied with sisters and one of them had a “milestone” birthday so her two daughters held a party at which cousins from far and wide, of various levels of connection turned up to wave the family flag and wish … Continue reading →

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Lost in A Photographs

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The only thing she knows now: it is not safe to cry. Holding on her only strategy but here, in this old photograph you  cannot see that in her eyes, not in this image  taken way back when, before experience and grief robbed her … Continue reading →

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Born Surplus To Requirements

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Late in September, some decades ago, a short episode of unremarkable intimacy, coloured by manners more than passion  and governed by ritual rather than appetite, ended the day of a man and wife. This infrequent coupling, occasioned by the man’s diffidently expressed appetite and the ladies “strained-against” sense of duty, was a … Continue reading →

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No Parties Please at Bramley Home for the Elderly

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My name is Stanley Castle, which is the name I prefer, although the familiar, “We’re all friends now” people insist on calling me “Stan.” I am a man who relishes order and formalities and excessive familiarity unsettles me: it has … Continue reading →

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Reflections in a Prison Cell

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

His life had been built on manners more or less, and some abilities, diffidently expressed, and a detailed crafted sense of what was right. He had a love of music, overriding in its intensity, because he knew that music never lies: … Continue reading →

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My List of Firm, Cast Iron and Focussed New Year Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

1) Try and Remember What They Are 2) Translate them into Albabian 3) Try and Improve my Spelling

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