Essays can be fact or fiction, history, comedy, tragedy, in fact anything so long as it is connected in some way to somewhere within the borough. The competition was sponsored jointly by Inter net works Ltd, webmasters of Epsom and Ewell on the Internet, and Waterstone's, booksellers in the High Street. We were delighted with this entry, and hope you will be too. Our house hums, as most houses hum, with the burble of the central heating, the buzz of a dormant computer, but I notice the quiet. Nick at work and the baby blissful in her cot.
Silence is a rare commodity here.
I take a breather now and sit down with a coffee. A quick five minutes before the chores start again. I pray that Connie won't wake up. I look around. Like a key that fits a lock.