Thursday Theology Matters
It’s 2023. How in the world is it March 2023? Used to sound so futuristic, but now here we are. Tomorrow is 3/3/23. It sounds like a poem waiting to […]
Category Archives: Writing
Covid Tales (xiv): Seven Years On, No Songs Of Praise Shall Be Sung This Summer
(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 […]
Covid 2020: Part 3
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 […]
Sunday Scribe: Sheep Identity
Just a few thoughts for tonight. I’ve been thinking since a few weeks ago about a talk I heard at a Church recently in Northern Ireland. The crux of it […]
Sunday Scribe: Rediscovering Bone Broth
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 […]
Sixteen Weeks
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 […]
40 days in the Wilderness
Not sure if it’s obvious where I’m writing this from. Some of the more astute of you may recognise and realize this to be Krakow. Today is my 40th day […]
Deer Destinations: Whitetails of the Czech Republic
A small number of white-tailed deer live on the Eastern end of Europe in the Central Bohemian region of the Czech Republic where they face challenges. Source: Deer Destinations: Whitetails […]
Further Reflections on an Eventful Year:
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 […]
Boots from a notable night
It’s true a picture is worth a thousand words. Many people may not have believed the post I shared on 2nd May, sharing a tiny 10% snippet of what happened […]
The last normal Tuesday
EIGHT weeks ago tonight was my last ever evening riding my trusty moped in Redding, California. It offered a practical, fun and highly economic solution to the lack of public […]
Final Dark Beauty at Christmas…
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 […]
‘Leannebo’ in a ‘Limo’
IT’S NOT EVERYDAY one gets to have a chauffeur driven ride in a limousine, but today, this memorable, cold Czech Sunday, that’s the surprise I ended up experiencing. God has […]
Maghera to Praha for coffee, cuisine & more
LAST WEEKEND I wrote of my authentic experience at ‘The Auction Room’ in Maghera, and told you about the great coffee, food and ambiance on offer to residents and commuters […]
Stillness in the City
On a whirlwind visit to Warsaw today, before heading to my main destination tomorrow, I came across this beautiful peaceful Catholic church, just off the beaten track from the main […]
Darkness and beauty:
OVER THE NEXT 6 WEEKS until Friday, 16th December, I plan to post on here at least 3 times a week. The theme will be ‘darkness and beauty,’ something to […]
Autumn Beauty
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 […]
Beauty and the beast
So I stepped out in faith at the beginning of the summer months and and then wrote the now infamous intentionally honest, vulnerable blog post I did. I have not […]
Poetry Corner Week 6 of 6: The Newspaper
THE NEWSPAPER Clicks of typing, chatter on the floor Telephones ringing, reporters abound, Amidst a buzz, Depth unspoken; undoubtedly profound. Cups of coffee, like drips all around. Yet […]
Thursday Poetry Corner Week 5 of 6:
The Chasm and Cauldron By Leanne Dunlop Like a black cauldron of old, Hanging limp o’er the fire. The stew simmers inside – Full of everything, new and […]
Thursday Poetry Corner Wk 3: ‘Letting Go’
Photo: Seppo Rinta-Kauppila Letting go Like a fallen Winter storm Blown through the shattered debris Wind swept, ‘neath the trees I unwind the remnant pieces Unyielding, yet broken down. How […]
Poetry Corner Wk 2: Touched
Drunken orgies miss the mark The inner pod still empty, loosened, dark Making up for lost time, I wonder Back to my origins, healing, lack. Deftness hearkens back to […]
Broken eggs
‘You cant make an omelette without breaking some eggs.’ Isn’t that how the saying goes? Something is brewing and some ‘omelette’ is being made. Not just in me, but […]
*New: Thursday Poetry Corner*
Over the coming weeks, I will be posting one of my new poems every week for the next 6 weeks. Stop by then and have a read. Fresh from […]
Honest Honour
Sitting here in the back garden of a hospitable home on this balmly summer’s evening in the north coast, I am dog sitting for a couple of weeks, amidst writing, […]
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