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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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A Common Interest

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I have spent my life’s journey looking out of the window at passing events, fascinated by the spectacle of existence rather than having any thoughts of a destination or purpose. “Clever but not present” a teacher said about me to … Continue reading →

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A Confession Of Love

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

In these last days and hours before my final breath may I, Gordon Richard Carlson, lay my guilt and thoughts before you as a matter of conscience, if not regret, so that I might meet my maker free of worldly … 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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The Cost Of Love

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

The Cost Of Love He loved her in his non-committal way, and every morning without fail, as he left their home, would say, “Enjoy your day,” and wave his hand to emphasis the comment: he didn’t believe in altering routines! … Continue reading →

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The Other Side Of Luck

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Predictability in all things is my idea of heaven, starting with my wife Helen obviously, and closely followed by a cup of tea enjoyed while watching the sun rise above the horizon, given that the hour of its appearance is … Continue reading →

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An Unlamented Passing

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

“Beauty,” my wife believes “Lies just beyond the next alteration to her wardrobe or figure.” Her search for the perfect husband stopped with me some years ago, and that jaundiced look around her eyes suggests that she still blames herself … Continue reading →

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Living In The Moment

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Now working as a kitchen porter and being bullied by his boss,  an unloved harridan, herself at the wrong end of an unhappy marriage, and easing her sense of bitterness by taking out her life on others, he knew that … Continue reading →

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What Year Is It?

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I woke up in another place, in another time, sitting in a chair and staring at a man I had never seen or met before. “ Hello” he said. “I wondered if you’d wake up here or just return to … Continue reading →

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A Sip Too Far

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I am married, have been for many years, and you can tick the boxes on all manner of shared activities from shopping to watching foreign box sets on television and the occasional holiday at an unfashionable coastal resort. My wife … Continue reading →

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