by Deryn | Feb 1, 2020 | Divorce, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, Travel
I love the life I have been given where I get to travel and see new places, family and friends – turning strangers into friends. I love the thrill of seeing nature in all its diversity in new places and wonder at the majesty of Creation. I get to spend... 
by Deryn | Jan 20, 2020 | Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Transitions, Widowhood
January is the month we usually set our goals and resolutions for the year. One of my goals during this season is to find my artistic voice. I was looking back through my old sketchbooks and journals, to my amazement I came across a sketch I had made in 2001 of... 
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 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...