Tag Archives: Uncharacterised

A Lockdown Social Life

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

 I could do with a larger social life. I could do with any social life at the moment, but now I have come up with a solution which has ultimately left me with little peace: let me explain. Each morning … Continue reading →

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Sole Mates

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

You know the girl: a wonder for a weekend, nightmare in a week. “I was her rock, centre and ballast” was what she called me,  within the first hour of meeting, lying in her bedroom, surrounded by a party, shortly … 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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Discovering Martin Glubervitch

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Sludging into that unfocussed area which was his middle fifties, sometime after the innocent optimism of youth had been expended on one or two false starts, career-wise, and with a failed marriage under his belt, Martin Glubervitch was struck by … Continue reading →

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Diary Of A Lost Soul

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I walked those gardens where we met, a lifetime or was it two ago, holding your hand within my own, feasting on that gaze of yours, so full of trust: the source of my tranquillity. I saw the tree on which our … Continue reading →

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