When I first arrived at my mother’s flat, after she passed away, I went through the drawers and cupboards, wardrobes and file cabinets to do an initial sweep of clearing out. We ...
This morning at about 0707 I heard the church bell tolling. It may have been the wind but it tolled 18 times. Hubs said he heard it too. I went to mass and asked about it this morning ...
We went to The Titanic Requiem, composed by Robin Gibb and his son RJ. while our youngest was in town, or more accurately, in village! We didn’t know what to expect but knew we ...
I am the historian of the family. I meticulously keep records, update photograph albums and save files onto thumb drives… In painful hindsight I didn’t do a very good job ...
I should have started the unveiling of my hair when I first arrived in June. There was no-one around who knew me, or paid attention to what I did with my hair. A couple of years ago ...
I told my youngest that we would wait until a sunny day to take photographs of all the pubs along the High Street. She couldn’t understand why we had to wait for the sun, but I ...
Kensington Palace was closed for a £M12 restoration. It re-opened after about 3 months on March 25th 2012. Hubs and I went there on a whim last Friday and we had to queue for over ...
Since arriving in England ten months ago I have not had to use my twice a day inhaler. For many years in Texas I’ve been a regular user of Advair. It appears my teenage asthma ...
Headphones are so tiny now, they are called earphones or buds. They fit quite snugly into the ear not over the ear as the ones in my day did. They are excellent at blocking all ...
My eyes went to the montage on the bier in the North transet as soon as I entered the lily filled sanctuary. The stone had been rolled away! The tomb was empty! The church was full! ...
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.