by Deryn | Dec 28, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRANSFORMATION, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
I doubt that 2021 will go down in history as the best year ever for many people. It has been a long grinding year of wondering when this pandemic will be over and we can get back to normal again. Normal may have already happened for some of you, but for us living here... 
by Deryn | Oct 1, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, Travel, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR OLDER PEOPLE Elderly man with iPad photo DvdTang It is International Older People’s Day, and I wanted to highlight a few of the difficulties that older people and their families must contend with. This... 
by Deryn | Aug 13, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Seasons of Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
St Paul’s, Bedford I have long pondered why there is so much division in religion and in Christianity in particular, when everyone reads the same Bible. A lot of it is what doctrines people believe about the Scriptures, whether they are divinely inspired or a... 
by Deryn | Jul 22, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Seasons of Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Photo by Rene Asmussen on Pexels.com Four Steps to Turn your Past into Your Future We are on an ever-evolving pathway of growth, and understanding the world around us, and our purpose in it. Some have settled into a comfort zone of “I know what I know and am... by Deryn | Jul 9, 2021 | Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Spiritual, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by jasmin chew on Pexels.com Recognize the Symptoms When we experience a sore throat or fever, we are reasonably sure we are getting a cold or the flu and take measures to help ourselves get over it. But quite often, we don’t feel quite right within... 
by Deryn | Jun 17, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, Social History, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Here is my list of Five Things to do when visiting an Art Gallery to help you solve problems. Art bypasses the cognitive brain and your rational thinking and works in the liminal space between the subconscious, where you are much more likely to access solutions from...