Tag Archives: youth

The Un-Materialist

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I remember those heady days when we first entered college, dropped our bags and said goodbye to our parents. Those conversations filled with awkward love and soon-forgotten advice. I remember meeting my new roommates, and sharing stories and then drinks … Continue reading →

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Technical Interface And The Older Brain

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

My brain is largely empty, because I have always disliked clutter, and I sieve changes in the world using a complex set of reflexes commonly known as “Lack of Interest.”  Never the less, on regular occasions we enjoy the company of my … Continue reading →

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A Glorious Man In Passing But Impossible to Live With

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

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 →

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A Different Kind Of Crazy

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

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

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Whats In A Name

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

It was my father who told me once, that if you wanted to enjoy a sensible conversation with my mother it was important to catch her attention before noon. As he said, “She does not object to swallowing but will not … Continue reading →

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A Weekend With The Powerful

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

At University you could get a bit of street- cred by striking attitudes, or looking mystical and muttering quasi-profundities such as “Yellow is the heart of Green” and then looking deep into the other persons eye as if a number … Continue reading →

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A Moving Testament

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

A sense of destiny, of course, is sprinkled liberally amongst the young, but I, middle aged and drifting towards obscurity, know that character will out, and make its disappointments and possible justifications known to those who drift beyond the innocence of … Continue reading →

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You Would Not Love Me Now

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I never met you, knew you, or had your love but then I did. The image of the girl who would walk up to me in life, as if it were some railway station and laugh, smile and  warm your heart in my embrace faded … 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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The Rosewood School For Young Vampires

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

At the Rosewood School for Young Vampires, where the curtains are always drawn against anything but knowledge, Tommy Fang, a comparatively new boy at the age of eighty , was sitting in a solitary position at the back of the school … Continue reading →

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