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... 
by Deryn | Sep 15, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Last week we looked at the scenarios that led us to feeling rejected or abandoned. How do we take positive steps to take back our power and not feel the victim of someone else’s decisions? We may need to look back further than the current situation to find our... 
by Deryn | Aug 10, 2019 | LEARNING JOURNEYS, Nature, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel
Image by Patty Jansen from Pixabay Oh how my eyes just drank in the sight of those beautiful colors! In fact, I copied a painting in the Queensland Art Gallery of people sitting under a jacaranda tree enjoying tea, so that I could keep this little snapshot memory for... 
by Deryn | Jul 26, 2019 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Spiritual, Transitions, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
One of my favorite places to visit when I lived in Cape Town was Blouberg Strand. Most of the iconic photos of Cape Town have been taken from here as you look across the bay onto the table like profile of Table Mountain with its cloth of cloud hanging over the side....