Vivienne / February 11, 2024
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There are a lot of fields surrounding us but since our land is bordered with trees ...
Vivienne / August 11, 2020
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Just two weeks after our pass-over-the-creek was finished extra rock started being positioned along the run up to the overpass to divert rain and save the new road (and our money) from ...
Vivienne / August 6, 2020
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Our bridge replacement is almost complete. The contractor, who has looked after our dirt road since the late 90’s, started work during the second week in July to clear out the old ...
Vivienne / July 31, 2020
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This cat is a piece of work. I call him a dog when he pulls one of his pranks…just to insult him…but since he growls at strange vehicles pulling into our circular driveway ...
Vivienne / July 29, 2020
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For some reason my desk is a favourite lounging spot for two of my cats; Madge loves to stretch his full length along the top shelf, knocking things off or scooting them over to make ...
Vivienne / July 24, 2020
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There are a pair of thoroughbreds at the stable who look the same to me. I know one of them is named Ben so I call the other one Bill after a TV show I used to watch as a child about ...
Vivienne / July 21, 2020
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Let’s talk about D-Winks’ dog! When I first saw her (virtually of course) she was in her crate, too frightened to come out, rescued from goodness knows where, stinky, ...
Vivienne / July 17, 2020
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Finally Hubs and I went out to get ourselves a coffee made by someone else. We needed a break from Keurig and cafetière. The last time we had a cappuccino was at Starbucks when ...
Vivienne / July 14, 2020
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Hey Winks, it’s that day again! Many Happy Returns! I’ve just finished reading all the blogs I’ve written for your birthday since 2011! This will be your ninth! You ...
Vivienne / July 3, 2020
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When I first hosted parties at Footlights I described the lead-up to our property as, “Downhill, across a bridge, first on the right.” Of course, I know there’s a ...
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.
Recommended Reading:
Dominion
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule--the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.
Hannah’s Child
In this award-winning memoir Stanley Hauerwas gives a frank, transparent account of his own life interwoven with the development of his thought. Unique to this paperback edition is a new afterword that offers Hauerwas's reflections on responses to Hannah's Child.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
