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Category Archives: northern ireland

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 (x): More Scrutiny Needed Of Ongoing Draconian Measures

April 30, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

SO BORIS is back to work. Prayers have been answered, one might say.  (And as I’ve written quite openly before, I’m not politically a huge fan of Boris Johnson, but I […]

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Coronavirus, honesty, northern ireland, Spirituality

Covid 2020 Tales (vii) : Pandemic-inspired Pallet Creation Continued

April 16, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

So here we are. The UK has been in “lockdown” now since over 3 weeks ago, and today the almost inevitable happened, as Boris Johnson’s number 2 in charge, Dominic Raab, […]

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Coronavirus, Creativity, northern ireland, Spirituality, Thankfulness

Covid 2020: Part 3

April 2, 2020by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

A VERY interesting unexpected thing is happening since I’ve started posting these pathetic wee covid-19 period blog posts. This blog site has been receiving new and unexpected traffic from China almost […]

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Coronavirus, newspaper journalism, northern ireland, Spirituality, Writing

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

Sunday Scribe: Rediscovering Bone Broth

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Let’s talk about bone broth.  (Not the kind of article you were perhaps expecting, but variety is the spice of life and all that).  As I continue to recover from […]

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Creativity, Cuisine, Culture, Food, northern ireland, Spirituality, Winter, Writing

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

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

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

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

Advent Home: 1

December 5, 2017by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Over the rest of December, as I prepare for going back home, I will be posting at least a few random posts about Northern Ireland, photographs or otherwise. This will […]

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Beau, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

Happy Easter from County Antrim Northern Ireland!

April 17, 2017by emeraldscribe 1 Comment

(Taken on Easter Monday, 17/04/17, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland. copyright L. Dunlop)   “Three lambs a leaping…”

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northern ireland, Spirituality

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 Coffee & Cuisine in Mid-Ulster

November 26, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

Continuing the recent posts on the theme of darkness and beauty, if you’re looking for a great coffee with a beautiful heart, look no further than ‘The Auction Room’ in the […]

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Beauty, Coffee, Cuisine, Food, northern ireland, Spirituality, USA

More Majestic Mystical Winter Beauty:

November 24, 2016by emeraldscribe Leave a comment

I stopped at the side of the road on an errand to the North West (of Northern Ireland) earlier this afternoon to take this photograph. As this beautiful period of […]

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Beauty, Creativity, healing, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality, Winter

November Beauty:

November 23, 2016by emeraldscribe 1 Comment

Even in November the North Coast of Northern Ireland is still beautiful. (Downhill beach, Co. Londonderry. 23.11.16   Copyright. L.Dunlop)

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Beauty, Creativity, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

More shots of last week@The Dark Hedges might as well share…

November 7, 2016by emeraldscribe 2 Comments

   

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Beauty, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality

Autumn Beauty

October 21, 2016by emeraldscribe 2 Comments

FIVE WEEKS ago I posted a poignant article about a beautiful young lady who passed on to the next life. A bit of a ‘taboo’ subject, perhaps, but something close […]

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Beauty, Mental Health, northern ireland, Photography, Spirituality, Writing

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