Daughts has worked in a coffee shop where only Master Baristas are employed. She is an aspiring master brewer. The store is on St. Martin’s Lane in Covent Garden and shares the ...
On Saturday there was a wedding at our church in Beckenham. We’d heard the banns read at mass for the last three weeks and the occasion was upon us. The bells were ringing at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.