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Category Archives: Beauty

Covid Tales (xiv): Seven Years On, No Songs Of Praise Shall Be Sung This Summer

June 20, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

(Ballycastle beach, 20/6/20)   Exactly seven years ago the first proper blog post on emeraldscribe was published. It seems a lifetime ago, and yet it is quite apt and timely […]

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Beauty, Christian, Creativity, faith, Mental Health, northern ireland, Photography, prayer, Spirituality, Writing

Covid Tales 2020 (xiii) : The End Of The World As We Know It?

June 14, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

  Just over three months ago today, the world as we knew it ended for me personally, and within a couple of weeks, most of you too. I flew home from […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coronavirus, Creativity, faith, Mental Health, Spirituality

Covid Tales (xii): Ten Questions To Ask Yourself About Covid

May 18, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Tonight I begin with a few prefaces. First of all, as they say in my part of the world, “don’t eat me” if you disagree with any of this. We […]

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Beauty, Coronavirus, Mental Health, prayer, Spirituality

Covid Tales (xi): Generational Stillness

May 9, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

HERE’S AN over 100-year-old Irish oak chair I had the priviledge of restoring this past week or so of further pandemic lockdown in Northern Ireland. It was thrown out for […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coronavirus, Creativity, peace, Spirituality

Covid 2020 Tales: (ii)

March 29, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

SPRING HAS sprung here in Northern Ireland, and yet it’s hard to fully appreciate it since the whole country and entire British Isles are on complete lockdown now due to […]

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Beauty, northern ireland, prayer, Spirituality

Nine Months On From Vietnam

May 26, 2019by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

On the eve of American Memorial day, and nine months on from a far-from-dull work-related trip to Northern Vietnam, I felt led tonight to share a few photos from the […]

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Asia, Beauty, Coffee, Photography, Spirituality, Travel, USA

Sixteen Weeks

August 8, 2018by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Sixteen weeks on from the Redding accident I decided to vulnerably share about in April, the sun is gratefully able to be felt once again on my skin. Time can […]

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Beauty, California, Christian, Creativity, faith, honesty, northern ireland, passion, prayer, Spirituality, summer, Travel, USA, vulnerability, Writing

Back home…

July 21, 2018by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

This time last week I was in Krakow. Now I’m back home. This week’s Summer blog post is a simple photograph depicting home for me, in rural, agricultural Northern Ireland. Beautiful […]

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Beauty, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

Further Reflections on an Eventful Year:

June 26, 2018by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

HAVING SHOCKED you with my photos last time, I hope you’ve realized by now my intentional opposite spirit to the majority of social media, (which is often aimed at presenting […]

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Beauty, California, compassion, Czech Republic, faith, healing, honesty, Mental Health, Spirituality, Thankfulness, Travel, USA, vulnerability, Writing

Advent Home: Final post

December 23, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

This will be my last post of the year, before closing the laptop for 2017 and enjoying Christmas mostly away from technology. I have driven home from Northern California to […]

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Beauty, Christmas, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality, USA, Winter

Advent photo series (USA) 7 & 8:

December 21, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

This was meant to be uploaded and posted yesterday, but technical issues prevented it, so here goes again, two for today. Two more from passing through San Francisco last week: […]

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Beauty, California, Creativity, Photography, Travel, USA

Home Advent 4:

December 12, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Reflections on my summer pictures continued…number 4… Enjoy! (Dunluce Castle sunset, North Coast of Northern Ireland, in July 2017). copyright L. Dunlop

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Beauty, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

Advent in Redding, California

December 10, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

I am still in Northern California, and soon to be travelling home, but for now, here are some fresh pictures from a very mild Redding, Ca. this afternoon. Enjoy!   […]

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Beauty, California, Christmas, Creativity, Spirituality

Home Advent: 2

December 6, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Continuing my own countdown to returning back home soon, here’s another stunning photograph I took in the summer of my beloved land, Northern Ireland.  This is of White Park Bay, […]

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Beauty, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality, Travel

December Beckons…

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A YEAR AGO, I was in Warsaw, Poland, for what I had no idea was about to become a very, very significant trip, indirectly, into new scary but faith-filled steps […]

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Beauty, Christmas, Spirituality

Further Thanksgiving Weekend Beauty

November 29, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Autumn ( Fall) is still very much alive and well here in Northern California. These were taken during Thanksgiving break last week. Simple local beauty.   Stunning dusk skies last […]

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Beauty, California, Creativity, Spirituality

Donegal January beauty

February 2, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

I took an intentional break from blogging and social media activity for the past 6 weeks, and may do so again during lent if not beyond, but this past week […]

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Beauty, Christian, Coffee, Creativity, Photography, Spirituality, Travel

Final Dark Beauty at Christmas…

December 21, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

This will be my final post of this year, and potentially thereafter. I haven’t firmly decided yet. As I always say, ‘I have a love-hate relationship with social media.’ I […]

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Beauty, Christmas, Creativity, faith, peace, Photography, Spirituality, Winter, Writing

Not bad for the shortest day of the year

December 21, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

21st December in the northern hemisphere isn’t renowned for glorious sunny days, but today is a crisp, cold sunny one in the North Coast of Northern Ireland, so I thought […]

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Beauty, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

Beautiful even in dark days of December:

December 18, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

No place quite like the beauty of North Antrim, Northern Ireland. The days may be short this time of year, but the sunsets can still be stunning.

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Beauty, Photography, Spirituality, Winter

Some further festive Prague pics:

December 17, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

These were taken two weeks ago, on a weekend in Czech Republic:   Above: Wenceslas Square,Prague,  Astronomical Clock Below: One of the many Christmas markets in Prague Old town   […]

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Beauty, Creativity, Culture, Czech Republic, Photography, Spirituality, Travel, Winter

Some more festive shots from Prague…

December 16, 2016by emeraldscribe 4 Comments

 

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Beauty, Creativity, Czech Republic, Photography, Spirituality, Travel, Winter

Powerful Prague II (photos):

December 3, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

A fabulous time to be in Prague, now in Advent:       “Pepe” the Prague donkey even welcomed me to the city last night…   It’s beginning to feel […]

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Beauty, Creativity, Cuisine, Culture, Czech Republic, Photography, Spirituality, Travel, Winter

Welcomed with a sunset and coffee…

December 2, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

AFTER TEN hours on a bus, due to snow and stops along the way, (sounds worse than it was) I was welcomed to this new country with a beautiful December […]

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Beauty, Coffee, Photography, Spirituality, Travel

Hello from Eastern Europe…

November 30, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

THE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURES within this year, often because of the fierce adversity thrown in the beginning of 2016, (but not a surprise to my ultimate guide) have been quite amazing. […]

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Beauty, Culture, Spirituality

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