Vivienne / October 19, 2024
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Matthew’s re-telling of Jesus’ parable in Chapter 20:1-16, a vineyard ...
Vivienne / June 27, 2012
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I have been researching some potential guests for my show and have happened upon a group of women who are furthering the Kingdom of God on earth. My efforts pale against theirs and so ...
Vivienne / June 21, 2012
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We of British stock have an alluring air of mystery about us. Hubs read me a notice one day at the station warning litterers they would be fined and their, “Name and address could ...
Vivienne / June 13, 2012
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Last night our little group gathered Bronte style in the Lady Chapel of St. George’s. It was cool and dim, the urns with the ashes were on the altar. Behind the scenes hubs had ...
Vivienne / June 12, 2012
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My father died a little more than two years before my mother. His ashes were carried from Broadstairs to London by hubs, when he moved my mother into her flat, and took up residence in ...
Vivienne / June 11, 2012
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A small portion of my sojourn here in England has been taken up with the reverent disposal of my parents’ ashes. I say, ‘a small portion,’ because physically ...
Vivienne / June 5, 2012
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I found a beautiful bush with delicate flowers blooming along our road. I could not resist them I had to stop and stare and marvel and smile at their ethereal loveliness. I ...
Vivienne / May 31, 2012
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We were in Portobello Road, experiencing the market without a million people. The road is really pretty when it can be seen without the heaving crowds and stalls of hawkers. ...
Vivienne / May 28, 2012
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We have a wonderful little guide book to London entitled, I Never Knew That About London, by Christopher Winn. Hubs decided we would visit EC3 and tour some of the remaining 100 ...
Vivienne / April 24, 2012
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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 ...
Vivienne / January 27, 2012
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Today, on my yoga mat I practiced. I love the way my instructor refers to my class as a practice. It is not a performance; there are no comparisons allowed; we are not to get frustrated ...
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
