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 / October 11, 2013
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the smells of my grandfather's tobacco mixed with warm leather transport me to gentle, childhood summer holidays spent with them.
Vivienne / October 9, 2013
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Guess who came and sat across from me? The Captain! We had lunch together, fancy wine glasses with coka-cola and lemon, Parmesan cheese and all. Everyone was talking about me. I was the ...
Vivienne / October 8, 2013
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The trees have got it right and I am enjoying their colourful expressions of the season, they add warmth ad brightness to the coolest, dullest day, if you care to look.
A fragrant ...
Vivienne / October 7, 2013
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When I read about a Lowry exhibit while I was here my heart lurched at the familiar stick-like figures bracing themselves in the cold winds of winter in their drab, depressing, Manchester.
Vivienne / October 6, 2013
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We went to the Mythology Tour at the O2 Arena. Anyone would think I’d never been to a live concert, I had my camera out and was snap, snap, snapping at every turn! The Will Call ...
Vivienne / October 3, 2013
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Exactly twenty-eight years ago, to the very day, my First was Born. I was carrying a lot of weight around. When I topped the scales at a pound over hubs’ I stopped checking, I ...
Vivienne / October 2, 2013
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Wednesday September 25th Napoli, Italy I got up at 930 to go out with the group. We were in port with Princess cruises and Celebrity cruises. We looked pathetically tiny… again! Haha We ...
Vivienne / October 1, 2013
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Sometimes when I am immersed in my YogaGlo class a little phrase will crop up while I am reciting my own Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be mantra that will bring me up sharp and cause me ...
Vivienne / September 29, 2013
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My Yoga mat is really my prayer mat and I enjoy it whether the sun shines or not because the light of inspiration is always present in the gentle poses and shapes I make while following ...
Vivienne / September 27, 2013
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Sunday September 22nd Malaga, Spain I had forgotten to change my phone clock forward an hour, so I woke up to the telephone ringing and it was Bori asking where I was. Luckily I was ...
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.
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Dominion
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Hannah’s Child
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