(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
