by Deryn | Apr 30, 2020 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, Travel
On to Adelaide to visit family members of the Rhodesian diaspora; I had been to Adelaide before on several other occasions. We headed off to the Adelaide Festival after church. This is wonderful Arts Festival is focused around the Rundall Mall, famous for its...
by Deryn | Apr 25, 2020 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Social History, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, Travel
This was what we had worked for all our lives – to enjoy old friends reminiscing about our youth. When you meet up with a friend you grew up with and shared common history with on the other side of the world to where you lived is pretty special. This time spent in...
by Deryn | Apr 16, 2020 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Social History, Transitions, Travel
Brisbane Life takes us on strange and difficult pathways that we would never have dreamt of, so I thought I would share this last intended grand trip with you! After my divorce, I made a dream list of what I wanted my life to look like. One of those dreams was to...
by Deryn | Apr 8, 2020 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, Travel
This is the last of Denise McLaughlin’s guest blogs for the current season. I want to thank her profusely for filling in the gap whilst I was travelling. Although, I am not yet home, I can now settle down to writing again. When I asked Denise to share her...