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 / July 1, 2013
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Hubs and I are looking forward to returning to America and starting, what only theatre people can term, the third act of our lives, or is the fourth? Not that I am shirking being in the ...
Vivienne / June 27, 2013
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We decided to do some exploring this week now that we are both feeling better. Except hubs has a sore knee which he had X-rayed and was told everything was clear. Which meant no bone ...
Vivienne / June 26, 2013
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Hurray! I think I’ve found the source of all those rubber bands I find, Hubs says, “that would be an awful lot of asparagus!” I suppose he’s right! I’m ...
Vivienne / June 25, 2013
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I enjoy having rubber bands. Nothing fancy just plain sturdy, beige bands that can be used for many things, from keeping my pencil case from spilling its contents, to wrapping around a ...
Vivienne / June 24, 2013
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A year ago I was at evensong in the Parish Church, Beckenham, St. George’s. It was the feast of the birth of John The Baptist, June 24th. A young member of the choir sang, This is ...
Vivienne / June 20, 2013
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There is a place in the ancient woods where I take my walk that is a dumping ground for trees and branches. Last year it was covered with deceased timber and an eye sore in a natural ...
Vivienne / June 19, 2013
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There is nothing quite so enticing to a Brit than a good old fashioned pudding. Since entering the EU (European Union) our horizons have been expanded to include pastries from the ...
Vivienne / June 18, 2013
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Going by train brings us eye to eye with our neighbours’ lives. In a car you just glimpse them through a smeared and breathy window screen. On trains and buses they are right ...
Vivienne / June 17, 2013
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Daughts was off to work yesterday. Being a barista can be compared to a mechanic who is charged to, “Help a motorist on his way.” Her talent, when dealing with early ...
Vivienne / June 13, 2013
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It’s Spring in Beckenham and the roses have started blooming. I have a couple on my desk, and the bush outside is looking very pretty with these buds, Walking ...
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
