Circa 1958: 11 of my parents' ultimately 14 children(I'm age 12, middle row, 2nd to left) Bio Ballad in Verse for Better or Worseby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronI was born some time agoAway out in the sticksIn Mexico’s Rocky Mountain RangeIn 1946.Then raised in Mormon Fundy cultsWhere self-righteous hicksThink it sinfulWith…
Poem/Doggerel I wrote: Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge BATTLE OF THE BULGEBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron When it comes to food,I long for resistance.Stuffing to stuff holesFor Psychic subsistenceEndangers physical substance.So I’m forced to keep grubAt a dastardly distance, Plus emend my daily existence.Food and I have a Con-coexistence:Victuals cause me hunger With perpetual persistence –That ever-gnawing craving For fattening ingredients.In attempting to outdistance Tempting incidents,I exercise…
Memoir: Chapter 1: My House of Cards
The Cards of Life Life dealt me cards — I played my hand With confidence — I had it planned … When, later, life revealed the score It shook me to my very core! I wondered then — still wonder now: Could I have changed my life somehow? And — if life dealt this hand…
Memoir Introduction: I Was Born a “Saint”– a Slave!
INTRODUCTION I was born some time ago,Way out in the sticks,In a valley of old Mexico,In 1946.(So begins my saga.) “I am conscious that my narrativesavers of incredibility:The fault is in the subject,not in the narrator.”~The City of the Saints,By Richard F. Burton,1861*(Quote borrowed from Irving Wallace'soutstanding biography,"The Twenty-Seventh Wife")1961 The Cards of LifeLife dealt…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: My Hypnotic-Regression “Rebirthing” Session: Nascency in Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande
My Hypnotic-Regression "Rebirthing" SessionIn 1986 I learned it was possible to be hypnotized and taken back to the moment I was born. Being a curious person undergoing personal growth, self-discovery, and healing, I hired an excellent psychotherapist who specialized in doing psychological “Rebirthings.” Through my hypnotic-regression session, this licensed Mental Health Provider guided me back to the…
Poems I wrote, and Original Quotes, Notes, ‘n’ Anecdotes on Writing ‘n’ Creativity
Stephany Spencer, age 20 Hi! Welcome to my little corner of the World Wide Web. I'm Stephany, retired teacher on her endless summer ... poet, artist, musician ... Jackalyn of many trades. As we speak, it's 2016. I'm developing skills as a webmaster and blogger–work so fun I doubt it will ever be done.I'm loving the…
Website in Metamorphosis
Website in Metamorphosis Hi: It's now October 17, 2018. Since I started this blog June 27, 2016, my Website continues to metamorph ... to change and develop as I experiment with what speaks to me. I've decided to concentrate on writing my Memoir, rather than spend time editing and typing my handwritten poetry, prose, quotes, and…
Memoir: An Apology As To Name Changes, etc.
Dear readers, please note: I have changed names in my Memoirs, in various cases, to protect the innocent -- mainly myself! I also acknowledge that in writing my memoir blogs, I know I can't avoid hurting my family, relatives and past friends I grew up with. Anything I say at all against their…
Front-yard Water-Smart Project
This is a part of my front yard, taken around two years ago. I removed the lawn and planted California friendly, drought resistant Gazania and other water-Smart plants. Then I used red Canyon rock and other such to further create landscape design and color -- plus a matching mulch for around the plants. By now the…
ABOUT
Bio of Stephany Spencer-LeBaron ~ Stephany Spencer-LeBaron is a retired teacher on her endless summer – a Creative: Artist, poet, performer, and musician. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico of American parents, she spent most of her life in the Western U.S.; married young, became widowed at twenty-one. Left with a toddler, she raised her while putting herself through College,…
Introductory Blog
My Introductory Blog Beulah Stephany Spencer-LeBaron, 2016, age 70 Hello and welcome to my Photoblog site – My own little corner of the World-Wide-Web! My name is Stephany Spencer-LeBaron/AKA Beulah Spencer-LeBaron. My goal is to share personal stories, essays, prose, poetry, artwork, and other creative works and opinion, in hopes you will not only give me…
First Blog
My First Blog Beulah Stephany Spencer-LeBaron, 2015, age 69 7/2016 Hi! I'm Stephany Spencer/AKA: Beulah/ Stephany Spencer-LeBaron. Welcome to my little corner of the world-wide web -- my "virtual" piece of internet real estate! Feel free to click about and find out what's useful. If I may be of help, please contact me. I'm…
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