Category: Stephen Vincent Palmer

Happy ~~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Happy

Pharrell Williams – Happy (Official Music Video)

 

April 19, 2016 by

CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: HAPPY

We are now on to a new series which topics.  I like to think it will be fun series.  It consists of combinations of colors and happy and pets.  It is time to just have some fun.

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This week’s topic is Happy.  Anything in this world that makes you feel happy or smile is allowed in this series.   It could be a beautiful land or seascape to a close up of a flower.  Your significant other, family, kids or even pets.  It could be a delicious plate of food or ice cream.  Show off your photos of things that make you happy. The thing is to have a lot of fun with this challenge.  Feel free to dig around in your archives for photos if you don’t have anything new you can photograph.

HAPPINESS FOR ME IS MY BROTHER STEPHEN AND MY CAT SYLVESTER!!!

 

Stephen as Robin Hood October 30, 2015
Sailor Stephen
Sailor Stephen
Stephen as Scarecrow
Stephen, Me & Daddy 1977
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
My Brother Stephen standing next to a Kehinde Wiley painting at the Brooklyn Museum
My brother Stephen surprised by Santa’s Beard
Stephen with his favorite candy M&Ms at AABR.
DeBorah & Stephen 1961
Sylvester Enjoying Palm Sunday
Sylvester aka Undercover Kitty
Sylvester on Rumpled Bed
Sylvester in my old Laundry Bag
Sylvester
Sylvester Cat Yoga Pose
Sylvester Cat Yoga on the bed
Sylvester

Stephen’s Upcoming 55th Birthday Celebration

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Greetings Family and Friends!! My brother Stephen’s 55th Birthday Celebration is coming May 3rd. Two things I need.

Anyone in the NYC area who has a car who could help me pick up Stephen from his group home in Bellerose, Queens and bring him to Brownsville, Brooklyn would be much appreciated. Pick up May 1st. Return to Queens Residence May 4th. I will pay you for gas.

Stephen has Autism and I am his only living relative so I have no one else who can assist me.

Nov. 7th 2008 I had a minor stroke which affected my eyesight particularly the vision in my left eye. My eyesight is now 20/100 and I can no longer drive  car.  Retina surgery in Jan.2010 only partially corrected my vision problems.

I have always tried to be independent and do things on my own but as I’m getting older there are certain functions with which I need help.  Those of you who have followed me for a while know that I struggle with my job, doing overtime and suffering the effects of standing for long hours on hard floors.  Arthritis is no joke!!

Guess I’ve finally realized that I cannot do everything on my own.  So I’m trying to establish a supportive network.  Hopefully other people with developmentally disabled siblings with join with me.

Also Stephen loves sunglasses and key chains/rings. I’m collecting those and hope to put the key chains in a decorative jar for his special born day celebration. Plus baseball caps. Since Stephen is now bald he really loves baseball caps!  🙂

Please contact me via my email address.

Monetary Blessings/Donations can be made to my PayPal account using my email address: deborah.palmer280@gmail.com.

Many Thanks and God Bless!

SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 15

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April 11, 2016 by

SHARE YOUR WORLD – 2016 WEEK 15

cartoon-lady-closetWith your answers, please remember we are in the SYW world and which may not always match our reality.

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Name one thing not many people know about you.

I was a Telex Operator at the Reader’s Digest Advertising offices in Manhattan during the mid-1980s.  At the time Ms. Wallace was still living though she stayed in the Pleasantville, NY location. It was a wonderful place to work. For my fellow Baby Boomers you know what a Telex Machine was. As for you young folks ~~ Google it!! LOL!!

If a distant uncle dies and you were always his favorite and leaves you $50,000 (any currency) in his will, what would you do?

Pay off as many bills as possible and take a vacation somewhere in the Caribbean with my brother Stephen.

Where do you hide junk when people come over?

I don’t get many visitors but when I do they all stay downstairs in the Living Room which is much neater than my bedroom as you can see!! LOL!!  🙂   😀

Complete this sentence:  I want to learn more about …

Photography and learn to speak better Spanish.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Grateful that I got to say Farewell to my co-worker from the Cameroon who went on Maternity Leave. Her baby girl Destiny is due at the end of this month. We have become very close over the last few months as she has no family in America. All her relatives are either in the Cameroon or France. Her Mom will be arriving soon.

I was never able to have children and this young woman is like my daughter. Her baby girl Destiny will be my granddaughter of sorts.  I’m grateful and thankful for her.  A connection to the Motherland. Africa. I’m Thankful to and for many of my African co-workers as I’ve learned so much about the continent of our ancestors over the last eight years.  One day I will make my pilgrimage to the soil from whence my fore-bearers sprang.

 

Looking forward to next weekend for rest and relaxation.

The above picture was borrowed from Cee’s web blog page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall

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DAILY PROMPT

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall

Think of your blog as a mirror: what does it reveal? Consider your blog name, theme choice, design, bio, posts… what does every element tell you about yourself?

 

My Blog Name: Espiritu en Fuego ~~  A Fiery Spirit |  That’s me! My spirit is on fire. On fire for writing, photography and the greatest and best part of me, my brother Stephen Vincent Palmer.  I do have a photography blog Roaming Urban Gypsy.

http://roamingurbangypsy.com/

In order of importance:

  1. Stephen Vincent Palmer
  2. Writing
  3. Photography

 

Everything and everybody falls behind Stephen. He always comes first.  Happiness for me = Stephen.  He is my whole world. Everything I do is for him. I could be more self-center or selfish. But I choose not too. I ignore those who judge me. They don’t know my story. They neither know nor understanding my suffering. I choose to share nothing with them. In fact I stopped listening to what the haters say long ago. I owe others no explanations or answers. I know God’s plan and purpose for my life is to make Stephen’s Life as happy and joyful as possible.

Stephen as Robin Hood October 30, 2015
Me and My brother Stephen December 1961
My Brother Stephen standing next to a Kehinde Wiley painting at the Brooklyn Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Price Beauty or Fame?

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DAILY PROMPT

Price

What Price Beauty or Fame?

As many of you may know I work as a Security Officer in a museum so I am Blessed to be surrounded by Beautiful Works of Art all day long.  No matter which wing or section of the museum I am posted I always find artworks with limitless intrinsic value.

One of the many repetitive questions I get from museum visitors is “What is the most expensive painting/artwork in the museum?”  At first I was puzzled that one could be in a gallery full of Rembrandts, Vermeers, Caravaggio’s, John Singer Sargent, Manet, Monet, Degas or any of many gifted artists and seek only to know a price tag!  Well since I’ve now been working at the museum for eight years I’m used to the question and no longer offended. Still a bit puzzled but I suppose for some people it is human nature to want to know the cost.  I explain to the visitors that most of the artworks are donated to the museum, there are some purchases but very few.

I am not an artist. At least not a visual artist in that respect. Many of my fellow guards are artists. I highly respect them and artists throughout all ages and eras.  I admit to being a late blooming photographer and a frenetic writer!  I often introduce myself as a Writer masquerading as a museum security guard!!

 

Being possessed of a sensitive nature I absorb what’s around me. My favorite art in the museum are paintings. I feel paintings speak to me. They tell me a story.  Even landscapes and still lifes have some tale to impart to the viewer. Since my job can be monotonous and boring in between patron queries I allow the paintings to tell me their stories. Also as the Tour Guides and Docents introduce various genres of art and artists to the visiting public I’m there soaking up their wisdom like a sponge. Many times when I get home I’ll listen to art classes and studies which are readily available on YouTube.  When I can I may purchase a book or catalog on a specific exhibit or artist who has taken my fancy.

Many of these artists were not appreciated, famous or in some cases able to make a decent living via their art. Most only gained fame long after their deaths. Some who became famous during their lifetimes did not necessarily have happy lives.

One of the best things about working for a museum in New York is that my ID card enables me to get into any New York City museum for FREE!!  So all those trips to various museums you have read about cost me nothing except for the food and any item I purchase from the gift shops.

 

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