A New Day’s Dawning: By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron 1- I feel bad, I feel blue, Sad because this day is through; Still so much left to do; But tomorrow I'll start anew. For God gives, and God takes. Every day is a gift God makes. Too soon my life will be through, But Blues, be off…
Poem I wrote: Ultimately In Eternity
Ultimately in EternityI know God loves us all the same,And we all partake of joy and pain,Free will and choice, loss and gain;Plus a chance to Journey to the water's main,Drink and make a memorable name;And understanding of all things attain.God gives so much for free;And carries us when we're weakly.Though the journey's never easy,Lessons…
Poems/doggerel I wrote: Notes, Quotes, Jokes; Pokes, ‘n’ Anecdotes
Bimbo Weeps: I'm sittin' alone in the moonlight, At the Heartbreak Hotel Café, Abandoned by women and men; And here's all I have to say: “I’ll never eat garlic nor onions again -- Not till my dying day --They've driven my possible friends away; Kept romance and intimacy at bay!"By Stephany Spencer BIG LOVE Bimbo…
DAVID M.’S LIFE STORY: (Anna LeBaron’s Half-Brother) The story you are about to read is true.
Caveat … The story you are about to read is true and I never killed anyone unless it was a justifiable homicide. Fulano's Blog Search Guest Blog: David Marston's Life Story (A Brother of Anna LeBaron) Posted on November 7, 2010 Caveat…The story you are about to read is true and I never killed anyone…
Part 42-A: Megalomania and the Making of the Mexico-LeBaron Mind
Pt 42-A: Megalomania and the Making of the Mexico-LeBaron Mind Handsome Mexico-LeBarons Ervil, Joel, Verlan, Alma, and Floren Somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision." Eleanor Roosevelt I've long been on a quest to understand the making of the Mexico-LeBaron mind---its need to be number one, the best; in…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: HAPPY NEW YEAR MEDLEY
HAPPY NEW YEAR!2025 IS HERE!! By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron(to tune of Auld Lang Syne)1- Now 2025 is here,We're all one year older;Everyone has grown;We're now much bolder.So let's make a resolutionTo not be the problem –Only the solutionTo our problems, Every one!2- Let's spread hope and good cheerFrom here till December,'Cause when all's said and done,That's what we remember.Chorus:So Happy…
Pt 41-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer and “More on” LeBaron Madness
Pt 41-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer and "More on" LeBaron Madness My mother Esther LeBaron-McDonald Spencer "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson In "Parts 39--40-B: Esther LeBaron Spencer;Ma, Pa, Me, and Pitfalls of Polygamy," I discussed issues of perfectionism in my grandparents Maud…
Poetry/Song by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: “In Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande”
Picnicking in the Canyons above Colonia LeBaron, Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico In Mexico Down Past the Rio Grande by Stephany Spencer-LeBaronSong Version:1— In Mexico, down past the Rio Grande,I buried my diaries in the desert sand;Now they lie lost in a foreign land --Lost in LeBaron when I fled the clan.Buried my poems in the desert’s…
Review By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by Ruth Wariner
NOTE: The following is a Review of The Sound of Gravel, a Memoir by my cousin Ruth Wariner. ("Wariner" is Ruth's mother's maiden name. My mother's brother self-proclaimed Prophet Joel LeBaron was Ruth's father.) By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron:I've read once, listened thrice to Ruth Wariner's book, The Sound of Gravel, giving it higher ratings with each…
Pt 38-A: Esther LeBaron & Floyd Spencer: Fights, Plights, and Physical Punishment
Pt 38-A: Esther LeBaron & Floyd Spencer: Fights, Plights, and Physical Punishment My older sister, twin sisters, and I: Mama had her hands full! When you lead your sons and daughters in the good way, let your words be tender and caressing, in terms of discipline that wins the heart's assent."Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman Whatever…
Pt 36: Mom, Dad, and Dayer LeBaron’s Death
Pt 36: My Mom, Dad, and Dayer LeBaron's Death My mother Esther LeBaron Spencer with the 7 youngest of her 14 children "Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." Author Unknown In one or two places, my Grandmother Maud LeBaron is recorded as having said: "Joel "must be…
Pt 35-A: Alma Dayer LeBaron, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and “Who Got the Button?”
Pt 35-A: Alma Dayer LeBaron Lou Gehrig's Diseaseand "Who Got the Button?" Maud Lucinda McDonald LeBaron, Joel Franklin LeBaron, and Alma Dayer LeBaron "A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take." Cardinal Mermillod Joel Franklin LeBaron -- namesake of his Great-uncle Joel Johnson, Benjamin Franklin Johnson's…
Poetry & Songs by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: Life’s Dash
LIFE'S DASH My Cousin the Famous Eddie LeBaron “There'll be two dates on your tombstoneAnd all your friends will read ‘em;But all that's going to matterIs that little dash between ‘em.”Kevin Welch LIFE'S DASHby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron 1- Between the dates of birth and death,There's always a little dash – To me it depicts life's runtime So…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer- LeBaron: My Life’s a Wreck!
LIFE'S A SHIP WRECK! LIFE'S A SHIP WRECKMy life's a shipwreck! Or should I conclude That ship has sailed Like two ships passing in the night Coming unglued? I could say Life's a train wreck. Or has that train Left the station too, Like two trains Passing a wreck or two? I've lived a long time ...…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: The Sands of My Hourglass Figure
THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASS FIGUREIN MY TIMEThe sands of my hourglass figureGradually disfiguring meSay my time is almost up,I've little leftTo complete Life's journey.Still Time ticks away the minutesQuickly like handsOn my inner circadian clock.I can't make the sands stop,Nor my heart Pit-pattering tick-tockLike raindrops drippingFrom…
Pt 34-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer, The Mexico-LeBarons, and Hearing Voices
Pt 34-A: Esther LeBaron Spencer, The Mexico LeBarons, and Hearing Voices The young and the old of my Grandpa Dayer LeBaron "There is only one way to bring a child upin the way he should goand that is to travel that way yourself."Abraham Lincoln IF it's true Grandpa Dayer's grandfather B.F. Johnson said he held a…
Pt 33: The Mexico-LeBarons and Familial Incest
Pt 33: The Mexico-LeBarons and Familial Incest * My maternal great-grandparents Lucinda Mariah Emmerson and William Wesley McDonald "The heart of the mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness."Honore De Balzac Incest on my maternal grandfather Alma Dayer LeBaron's side definitely contributed to the mental illness prevalent in…
Pt 32: Esther LeBaron Spencer, The Mexico-LeBarons, and Mental Illness
Pt 32: Esther LeBaron Spencer, the Mexico-LeBarons, and Mental Illness "The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surrounded them;their notions of good and evil are the result ofthe moral atmosphere they breathe."Jean Paul Richter We left off last week with this assertion: People should take responsibility for their actions; not project blame…
Me, my twin sisters Judith and Sharon on Mom's lap, and my sister Doris “Home is wherever I'm with you.”“HOME” by Edward Sharpand the Magnetic Zeros “Home,” by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros https://youtu.be/LzPPAw5tnqs "Home is whenever I'm with you."Edward Sharpe* Beginning where we left off in "Pt 27: More Memories of My Mama Esther…
Pt 27: More Memories of My Parents Esther LeBaron and Floyd Spencer
My father and mother standing on their land "the Galeana Springs" Pt 27: More Memories of My Mom Esther LeBaron and Dad Floyd Spencer "One I love with all my heart,Mother, dear, it's you;And I want to make you glad;Yes, indeed, I do!I will help you every day,Smiling as I go,And I'll never make you…
Pt 24: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade
Pt 24: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade Life's HighwayTo everyone their openethA way, ways, and a way;And the high soul takes the high way,The low soul takes the low;While in between on the misty flatsThe rest drift to and fro.But to everyone their openethA high way and low.And everyone decidethThe way his soul…
Pt 23: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade
My Memoir: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade -- Part 23 "People see what they want to see till they want to see." Dena McLean (My cousin) I left off in blog, "Pt 22: Ma, Pa, Me, and Polygamy on Parade," saying: Mama preached polygamy and told people they would go to hell if they did…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer LeBaron : Ponderin’ ‘n Wanderin’: A Conversation With Self
The Thinker Ponderin' 'n Wanderin':A Conversation with SelfAt seventy-one I'm hungBy protruding nailsOn my ladder's last rung,Wonderin' what else I might've won.Should I try for more Before Life's done?Or should I commit to recreation,Cease ambition and aspiration,Cease trying to make more of myself,Simplify life, put struggle on the shelf?Thus I wonder as I ponder 'n wander.But…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: In My Time
IN MY TIME(A Stephany Spencer Doggerel Rhyme)In my timeI won’t give in, I won’t give up.I’ll let today’s mirthFill up my cup.In the darkest hours Of our imperfect worldI’ll look to the dawnAs day’s unfurled.Then hold up my hopeHold up my head.I won’t be troubledBy what is said.Placing one foot In front of the other I'll keep on trekkingWith sister…
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…
Poem/doggerel I wrote: Ragged Rug/Rugged Rag
Ragged Rug/Rugged Rag There is a ragged looking rug On the bug. Better on him Than on an old mug. Old mugs need all The help they can get. It's hard to face old-age without it. "Ragged-looking lawn," you say? "Hey, what's he got on today? A toupe`? How much would you pay To look…
Original Sayings and Doggerel I wrote : From My Pen to Yours
Original Sayings 'n' Short Poems From My Pen to Yours I Think Mice Are Very NiceI think mice are very nice. Some people say they have lice ... Leave mouse tracks in their rice.But with pet mice that's rare. So I still declare, I think mice are very nice! ~Stephany Spencer (My first poem, age 8) PLEASE…
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