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…
Quotes by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Writers Block
Point Blank: The point at which all thought leaves the frontal lobe and one comes face-to-face with writers block.~Dan Poynter WRITERS BLOCKPOINT BLANK: Point at which one's dry cartridge pen 'Ranges writers block "twixt gun and target." Stephany Spencer-LeBaron~~~~~~~~~Point at which one's brain is "shot" By the bullet of writers block.Stephany Spencer-LeBaron~~~~~~~~~ Doggerel, Blarney, 'n'…
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…
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…
Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron: Tips From Tony: Emote the Emotion
TIPS FROM TONY:Emote the Emotionby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronEmote the emotionOver-and-overYou want to feelSays Tony Robbins,Motivational Speaker And guru like Doctors Dyer and Phil. Says Tony:To change our emotion Change our motion.We’re at the wheel.Changing physiologyChanges emotions.It's a done deal.Stand tall and proudWhen feeling afraid.Sing a happy tuneTo also aid.Sitting erect when feeling badOr turning frowns upside downWhen…
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 I wrote: “Advice for Creatives”
"Part of the reason that people don’t become enlightened is because it’s punctuated by intermittent catastrophes." WordToTheWise Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. An axiom DARE, DEAR CREATIVES, DARE!by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."Creatives can onlypresent works to the world... see their originations unfurled,if they dare---dare to fail, in order to…
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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