by Deryn | Jan 11, 2020 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Travel, Widowhood
Gazing across the still lake at Claremont Gardens in Surrey, the golden reflection of trees looked up at me mirroring the great oaks and beech trees along the water’s edge. This beautiful sight caused me to reflect on the last two years since my retirement and my... 
by Deryn | Nov 16, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Travel, Widowhood
One thing that never ceases to thrill me on my travels through woodland and forests, is the variety of trees and leaves and how each one adapted to its environment. The beautiful woodlands and forests of Pennsylvania were pretty as a picture with the sun... 
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 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... 
by Deryn | Sep 22, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
On my walks around the city, I saw an enormous amount of building activity going on. Over the months, what initially looked like chaotic scenes from a war movie morphed into a beautiful new purpose-built school or apartment blocks. As I stood and watched the scene...