Tag Archives: relationships

Retrospective Love

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The mourners stood around him eating cakes and sandwiches not made by him. Some catering company he employed to do the work, did the work while he stood near a corner of the room, watching his guests share memories of … Continue reading →

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Working On My Social Connections

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I am a naturally exuberant character: I treat the world as my village, and will talk to almost anybody but even I have soul searing moments! Can you imagine standing in front of the bathroom mirror, looking at your reflection … Continue reading →

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Anniversary Reflections

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“Do you know the worst thing you can do to a woman” my wife asked me on our thirtieth wedding anniversary, and I said “No”. She looked at me, as if I were a stranger, some alien who had entered … Continue reading →

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Life By Chance

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

It was only an hour since we’d met. She had missed her train and I missed mine, both of which were taking us to different parts of the country. Now we had to wait for five hours, or six in … Continue reading →

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On The Passing Of A Friend

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Over the Years I have connected with quite a number of people among whom I have made good friends  either through my blog or my writing activities. A stand-out example of this was Stacey Haggard Brewer who edited Living Life … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Love

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I met Ronnie when we were in the same class at school together. He was a bit of a “character” if that is the right word for someone who is somehow challenging, disturbing and demands to be the dominant male … Continue reading →

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A Valentine’s Day Romance

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Arnold, whose mind was not gripped by the everyday, lost as it was in fractured dreams, would rather be anywhere but where he was: locked in a stale relationship and funded by a job he found less rewarding than eating … Continue reading →

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My Wedding Day!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The clock beside me said 6:23am: digital and with unmoving hands, time  seemed to be standing still it seemed to me. At 2pm today I would become a married man and what was rising through me was raw unprocessed panic: … Continue reading →

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Repeating Memories

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

It must be thirty years and a marriage ago, when we were returning to my lodgings in a taxi following my birthday meal, when you folded yourself into my shoulder and looked up at me in a way which could … Continue reading →

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Reflective Gibberish

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Sitting at the company’s New Year’s Eve party, I raise my glass and murmur the words “Absent friends” because, let’s face it, the people here are not my friends! Not that I would say that out loud, because those in … Continue reading →

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