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The Elevator in Rome

I find our hotel quite easily, in plenty of time before I have to meet my father off the airport bus. It’s on a narrow street leading from…

Mar 14, 2021

The Elevator in Rome

Mar 14, 2021

A November Swim in the Irish Sea

We were putting out our bins, the neighbour and myself, and I asked her if she’s enjoying her daily swims in Dublin Bay. “Emma, it’s…

Dec 6, 2020

A November Swim in the Irish Sea

Dec 6, 2020

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Creatures

A Diary for Bella, our Lockdown Dog

Live in the moment, that’s what you do. You could teach us all a lesson.

Aug 16, 2020

A Diary for Bella, our Lockdown Dog

Aug 16, 2020

Happy Families?

In an arts and craft shop in Dublin, I spot a pack of Happy Families. It was one of our favourite games when the kids were small, but we…

Mar 6, 2020

Happy Families?

Mar 6, 2020

Courgetti

I laughed when I noticed the name on this packet I had picked up in Tesco. The spirally courgettes (ridiculously cut up and ready for me…

Feb 9, 2020

Courgetti

Feb 9, 2020

Jack Daniels on 9/11

The first time I ever drank Jack Daniels whiskey was also my last. 18 years ago today in Brooklyn, New York, I found myself drinking it…

Sep 12, 2019

Jack Daniels on 9/11

Sep 12, 2019

Good Friday in Toronto ca 2005

I took these photos in Toronto around 2005, put them in an envelope and found them again a couple of months ago.

Apr 19, 2019

Good Friday in Toronto ca 2005

Apr 19, 2019

An Irish Mamma abroad

During my 20-odd years of living abroad, I became a mother. I’ve been back in Ireland now for a while. Yet still I stop and look around me…

Feb 24, 2019

An Irish Mamma abroad

Feb 24, 2019

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A snapshot of a snapshot in time

I was searching for a photo to accompany a piece I wrote last week about the Tooth Fairy and her place in our little family history. I had…

Dec 16, 2018

A snapshot of a snapshot in time

Dec 16, 2018

The tooth fairy is dead. Long live the tooth fairy.

It’s the end of an era. The tooth fairy is no more. The family myth was foiled yesterday morning by the youngest in the family. An upper…

Dec 10, 2018

The tooth fairy is dead. Long live the tooth fairy.

Dec 10, 2018

Emma Prunty

Emma Prunty

Stories from real life. Different places, different cultures. Dublin, Florence, Oslo, Canada. www.washyourlanguage.com

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