Archive for October, 2006

Sophie & Paddy Ch 4

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

He hasn't hurt himself I trust?" Napolean inquired politely, raising his eyebrows and looking in the direction of where Paddy had been sitting. Sophie was still giggling to herself, her little shoulders raised around her ears as she looked down at Paddy who was flat on his back amongst her Barbie dolls, half ...

Sophie & Paddy Ch 5

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Sophie opened her door just a fraction and poked her head out to see if there was a light shining from beneath her parents door. The hall was dark and still, save for the moonlight that cast her own shadow from her bedroom. As she listened, she could hear her Daddy's occasional snore come ...

Henry’s Notebook

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

He's counting in the waves. (One, two, three, four, five,six). The seventh is always the biggest, he thinks. His feet are wet with sea water, barefoot and glistening with sand.

Par Wars

Monday, October 9th, 2006

I'd forgotten how lovely these sunny mornings of golf were. I used to love the feel of crisp grass underfoot as the frost tries to take hold but evaporates under the bright gaze of a September sun, still dominant and holding court in the weeks before the clocks go back. The way footprints of ...