The Thinker Ponderin' 'n' Wanderin':A Conversation with SelfBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaronAt 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 strife on the shelf?Sure, I ponder, as…
Poem I wrote: In My Time
IN MY TIME (A Stephany Spencer Doggerel Rhyme) In my time, I won’t give in, I won’t give up. I’ll let today’s mirth Fill up my cup. In the darkest hours Of our imperfect world, I’ll look to the dawn As day’s unfurled. Then hold up my hope, Hold up my head, I won’t be…
Poem I wrote: Prose The New Poetry
Prose Is the New Poetry by Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Photo by Nu00f3ra Zahradnu00edk on Pexels.com "A poem is never finished."~~~~~~~~~~ PROSE IS THE NEW POETRYPart One Dearest Friend:Says Voltair, “To hold a pen is to be at war”And don't we know it If we are a modern poet.For today's fake poetsHave taken the lion's share: With pen in hand, And…
Poem I wrote: Tips From Tony: Emote the Emotion
TIPS FROM TONY:Emote the Emotionby Stephany Spencer-LeBaronEmote the emotionOver-and-overWe 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…
Poem I wrote: The Sands of My Hourglass
THE SANDS OF MY HOURGLASSBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron The Sands of My HourglassThe sands of my hourglass figureRunning through me,Telling me I haven't much time, Tick away what's left As quickly as hands On my inner circadian clock.I can't make the sands stop, Neither my heart pattering tick-tockLike raindrops drippingFrom the window panes of my life;Like…
Poem I wrote: Cougar Lives To Love Another Day
Cougar lives to love another day Cougar Lives to Love Another DayBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron2008Hey King Kay, Your cougar lives To love another day,To further bond With wondrous King Kay.Cougaress never dreamed It could be this way: First he was her friend, Then her boyfriend; Now her husband – Her Kind King Kay.Cougaress lives for him each day.People call her a cougar.You've robbed the…
Pt 19-B: Esther LeBaron Spencer, Me, and More Perils of Polygamy
MY MEMOIRPart 19-B Esther LeBaron McDonald de Spencer, Me, and More Perils of Polygamy The middle photo is the way I remember myUncle Ervil M. LeBaron in the 1960s A wise leader inspires and motivates, rather than intimidating and manipulating.Henry Ford Continuing where we left off in the previous blog,wherein my life was being hijacked in the name of…
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…
Poem I wrote: Dr. Kwak Treats Gullibles Galore!
Dr. Kwak Treats Gullibles Galore! by Stephany Spencer-LeBaronA Quack and a sucker is born every Second. DR. KWAK Quacks’ Doctor plaques Hanging on their door, Ought to read: ~$$~ DR. KWAK Treats Gullibles Galore! ~$$~ Medical Malpractice and Pharmaceutical quackery Make Health costs soar; And add to suffering, Cutting to the core. Some MDs aren't better. Is your…
Poem I wrote: In Love With a Narc: Unrequited Love
In Love With a Narc: Unrequited LoveBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Unrequited Love In Love With a Narc: Unrequited LoveWhy didn't I turn and run the other directionWhen I felt no empathy, Nor genuine affection?Thought I would win this lover over, This sexy simpatico handsome rover.His double-messages took me by storm. He love-bombed me beyond the norm!But this Dr. Jekyll-Mr.…
Poem/song I wrote: A New Day’s Dawning
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…
Poems I wrote: My Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife Menagerie
Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife MenagerieBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Photo by Frank Cone on Pexels.com Backyard Bird-Haven Wildlife MenagerieBy Stephany Spencer-LeBaronFor many years, I worked hardTo attract beautiful birds to my back yard.Feeding and watching them was healthy fun.By 2004, a Birder I’d become,Expanding my bird-feeders To sixty-one.My Birding Hobby couldn't be sweeter…Till I saw a squirrel fly overhead From…
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…
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 37: Memoir of a Plyg: EDIFICATION at Utah’s Hurricane High School
Pt 37: Memoir of a Plyg: EDIFICATION at Utah’s Hurricane High School 1959: Members of my Hurricane, Utah Jr. High School Class (I'm on right, 2nd row from front) He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. He who fights with monsters…
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-P: Benjamin F. Johnson’s Bro, Joel Johnson: Creativity and Bipolar Disorder
Famous Poet, Pioneer, and Mormon Hymn Writer, my G.G.-Uncle Joel H. Johnson, Brother of BFJ While growing up, Mother talked about her amazing Great-grandfather B.F. Johnson -- amazing not only because he was one of the American West's and Mormondom's early pioneer heroes (he helped forge the last frontier, Utah); but also because he figured…
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 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…
Pt 31-D: Esther LeBaron Spencer, The-Mexico-LeBarons, and Mental Illness
Pt 31-D: Esther LeBaron Spencer, The-Mexico-LeBarons, and Mental Illness ~Picking up where we left off on "Pt 31-C: My Mama Esther LeBaron Spencer, The- Mexico-LeBarons, and Mental Illness": X-- Another factor leading to mental problems in the Dayer and Maud LeBaron family is: They held much in because they were supposed to be perfect Mormon…
Pt 43: Esther LeBaron Spencer and Lesbian Love
Pt 43: Esther LeBaron Spencer and Lesbian Love Circa 1935: Esther LeBaron Spencer (right) & companion "All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her." George Washington Pt 43-A: My Mama Esther LeBaron Spencer and Lesbian Love In…
Music Performance on Songmakers CD: “Tune Town”
I joined Songmakers organization in 1987. Music has always been an important part of my life. A multi-instrumentalist, the following link is a fun recording of the cut I made in 2004 accompanied by Vic Brandriff and Steve Durfee on a Songmakers' CD: "Tune Town:" To learn more about the wonderful Songmakers organization, its history, and venues, click…
Memoir Poem I Wrote: A Letter to My Art Teacher — and Some 6th-8th Grade Artwork
Civilization is social order supporting cultural creativity.Will Durant The picture below elicited the following poem: "A Lyrical-Letter to My Art Teacher." NOTE: As a youngster, I always got an "A" on my Art work. But was worried I would end up with a "B" on the picture you see above, because I had to erase a…
Poem I wrote: Comical Comedians, Madigan and Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan Madigan and Gaffigan By Stephany Spencer-LeBaron What a brilliant comedian is Jim Gaffigan He makes me laugh then laugh again His moniker is “Mr. Universe"He's earned this title in action and verseHe's a regular dynamo running in reverse! Most stand-up comics lewdly gesture and curseTheir work is loaded with smut and worse Trying to…
Poem/song I wrote: “Painted Spring:” Take-off from Spanish Traditional Song “De Colores”
A Lesson Too Late In The Learning: Write It or Regret It Recently, at the California Writers Club, a fellow poet and guest speaker, Deborah Edler Brown, advised: "At the moment of inspiration, record it. Don't wait! For it's like babies lost you can never retrieve if you don't record your inspiration when it comes."…
Review of Gabriella Owens’ “BBQ Pizza: A Flaming Expose of Macho Cooking”
[ BBQ Pizza: A Flaming Expose on Macho Cooking Owens, Gabriella ( Author ) ] { Paperback } 2013Paperback by Gabriella Owens (Author) On Review: Gabriella Owens’ Book, BBQ Pizza: A Flaming Expose’ of Macho Cooking Dear Readers: I couldn't believe a cookbook could keep me so engrossed that I wouldn't put it down! Because I…
Poem I wrote: Do You Dig?
Do You Dig? To find enlightenment and succeed in life’s journey toward individuation and edification, we might participate in an inner archaeological dig. Assisting Workshops are found under "Soul-Searching Archaeology," offered free at The College of Life, and Hard Knox University. Do you “dig”? These workshops include a certain kind of digging into our inner…
Poem I wrote and a Review of the California Writers Club Anniversary Anthology, “Cascade of Pearls”
Ode to The California Writers Club: The California Writers Club is our oyster, And writers the pearls polished within her. Stephany Spencer 2016 2016 marked the 30th anniversary -- The Pearl Anniversary of The California Writers Club: San Fernando Valley Branch. For thirty years, This club's been our "oyster" ranch, And we members Pearls growing within her dance, Polishing…
Poem/song I wrote: Pretty City Chic: A Bit o’ Bio in Verse
Stephany Spencer-LeBaron, age 38 Pretty City ChicDearest friends and fans,Please note: This tongue-in-cheek Song I wrote Isn't finished So I don't gloat,But pray my poem Won’t get your goat.It's late -- Blog due “mañana;” Check my song later on ... uh You'll find it “re-wrote”... Needs work is my last quote. But please enjoy what I wrote,As…
Some of My Pieces Published 2007–2008 in the California Writers Club “The Scribe”
* NOTE: I have taken some of my pieces that were published in…
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: Pushy Prez
Pushy Prez Pushy PrezI'm repelled by your Attempts to screw me Onto the Volunteers BoardThrough arm twisting And emotional blackmail.'Tis a wonder my arm Is still in its socketAnd I still in control of My destiny and free will.Badgering me will get you Nothing but backpedaling --My pedaling backwards Away from you As fast as…
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…
Poem I wrote: Ode to Chava Chavarin and the Tres Camarones Team
Tres Camarones/Three Shrimp Dr. Luis Alberto Urrea’s audiobook Into the Beautiful North inspired the following lyrics: Ode to Chava Chavarin*and the Tres Camarones Teamby Stephany Spencer-LeBaron Hey!What's in a name?I can't say;but the moniker“Chava Chavarin”rings in my brain today,though I completedthe novel yesterday.Like music in rain,This sonorous name motivated my muse to pen poems for play!So…
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 dare to…
Essay and Doggerel Poem I wrote: “John Cage and Composing”
Avant-garde composer John Cage said: "The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing." We could likewise say:The material of poetryis sound and silence-- syllables and silence. Integrating these is composing, albeit poetry. We could compose music and poems that go together; I.e., compose songs: Songs are poems--lyrics set to music. Now I morph into…
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…
Experimenting with Theme:
"My Emerging Self" Hi and welcome! This is my first theme and header that really spoke to me when I started my fledgling Website and Photoblogging June 27, 2016. I borrowed it from niece Dana Jordan's Facebook picture, for lack of time, in the beginning,…
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/AKA Beulah Spencer LeBaron de Tucker. My goal is to share personal stories, essays, prose, poetry, artwork, and other creative works and opinion, in hopes you will not…
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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