by Deryn | Nov 8, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Widowhood
Anyone who knows me well, knows I have a fascination with fungi. This was not always so, the day I started to take notice, was a dark and gloomy day when I was walking through Bedford Park. As I passed a very large and old copper beech tree, out of the... 
by Deryn | Nov 3, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Widowhood
is that time of the year when we set the clocks back again. I don’t know about you, but this practice perpetually confuses me, and I have ended up either missing something or been an hour too early! Growing up in Central Africa there was... 
by Deryn | Oct 27, 2019 | LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
I was waiting at the bus stop watching pigeons pecking away in the leaves looking for scraps of food, right next to them was a cigarette butt which they totally ignored. This set me thinking about the birds and how God designed them, how did they distinguish between... 
by Deryn | Oct 20, 2019 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel
One of the many blessings of travelling is to see the landscape in its many forms and colors. When did you last REALLY see the landscape? Do you have your mind on something else as the trees and fields go flitting by? Or do you look with intention and... 
by Deryn | Oct 12, 2019 | Divorce, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel, Widowhood
Autumn is harvest time showing the result of the hard work that the farmer has done since spring, his preparation and provision for market and winter. Travelling through the beautiful farmlands of Pennsylvania, I looked across acres and acres of fields with ripening...