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 / December 18, 2012
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(Photo credit: HSLDA Facebook) It takes time for me to fully process events. Hence my silence on what happened last Friday. I gave up reading National news years ago when everything was ...
Vivienne / December 17, 2012
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I heard a scrabbling behind me in my office. I ignored it. We live on a creek and the back forty is always spewing up critters from the undergrowth. The scrabbling became frantic. ...
Vivienne / December 13, 2012
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On the morning after the Toginet staff party I went for my walk around the lake. I’d been seeing birds circling above and hubs jokingly said, “They’re coming for ...
Vivienne / December 12, 2012
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When the weather turned cold this year, for a day or two last month, I reluctantly brought a few plants into my office/yoga space. In my gratitude journal I spoke of perhaps being ...
Vivienne / December 11, 2012
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My friend and I visited the Arboretum to see Dale Chihuly’s magnificent glass display one afternoon. On the strength of that excursion I bought tickets for the show for the rest ...
Vivienne / December 6, 2012
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As a coffee shop employee my daughter is honing her skills. Here is what an awesome barista she has become, Caramel Macchiato, Peppermint Mocha, Hot Chocolate and… …does ...
Vivienne / December 5, 2012
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I have a homeschool project outside my office window. I enjoy standing at the glass watching the hornets busy themselves with nest building. Their honeycomb labyrinths into the classic ...
Vivienne / December 4, 2012
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I never did ask why the local authority was draining our pond. Perhaps it needed dredging. I was worried about the wildlife. The fish, the turtles, a few ducks, a pair of white heron. ...
Vivienne / November 15, 2012
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In England, before any major event, and especially if any member of the royal family is present, our National Anthem is played. We all stand up and sing God Save the Queen. We ...
Vivienne / October 30, 2012
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No matter where we go, the urge to use a toilet is a compelling companion. For some, finding toilets that can be zero’d in on while travelling the world becomes a quest. Places of ...
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
