Emma PruntyThe Elevator in RomeI 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…·4 min read·Mar 14, 2021--1--1
Emma PruntyA November Swim in the Irish SeaWe 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…·8 min read·Dec 6, 2020----
Emma PruntyinCreaturesA Diary for Bella, our Lockdown DogLive in the moment, that’s what you do. You could teach us all a lesson.·13 min read·Aug 16, 2020----
Emma PruntyHappy 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…·4 min read·Mar 6, 2020----
Emma PruntyCourgettiI 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…·3 min read·Feb 9, 2020----
Emma PruntyJack Daniels on 9/11The 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…·5 min read·Sep 12, 2019----
Emma PruntyGood Friday in Toronto ca 2005I took these photos in Toronto around 2005, put them in an envelope and found them again a couple of months ago.·4 min read·Apr 19, 2019----
Emma PruntyAn Irish Mamma abroadDuring 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…·6 min read·Feb 24, 2019----
Emma PruntyinPhoto DojoA snapshot of a snapshot in timeI 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…·3 min read·Dec 16, 2018----
Emma PruntyThe 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…·6 min read·Dec 10, 2018----