Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 22, 2022 • 18 Comments
Now I’ve been happy lately, Thinkin’ about the good things to come. And I believe it could be. Something good has begun. Oh, I’ve been smiling lately, Dreaming about the world as one! And I believe it could be. Someday it’s going to come. ‘Cause I’m on the edge of darkness. There ride the Peace... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 15, 2022 • 26 Comments
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 08, 2022 • 24 Comments
Oh, my love, my darling, I’ve hungered for your touch a long, lonely time. And time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much. Are you still mine? I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me. – Alex North (1910-1991) & Hy Zaret (1907-2007), from “Unchained Melody... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 30, 2021 • 15 Comments
What’s it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What’s it all about When you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind? And if only fools are kind, Alfie, Then I guess it is wise to be cruel.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 29, 2021 • 44 Comments
We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving. There’s a choice we’re making. We’re saving our own lives! It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me. – Michael Jackson (1958-2009) & Lionel Richie, from “We Are the World” (1985)... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 22, 2021 • 48 Comments
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It’s gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day! – Johnny Nash (1940-2020), from “I Can See Clearly Now” (1972) The only way for humankind to fix all that is... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 02, 2021 • 60 Comments
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake. – David, Third King of Israel and Judah (1035-970 BC), Psalm 23:1-3 Ours is the first generation... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 21, 2020 • 127 Comments
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.” – Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) from Through the Looking-Glass (1871) The death process is amazingly... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 14, 2019 • 67 Comments
One question that is often asked is whether there are any good mental mediums. People ask the question in various ways, inquiring about honesty or native talent, but what they really want to know is whether we know of a medium who can clearly demonstrate to them that a loved one has survived. Having had... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 28, 2019 • 72 Comments
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for? (from the poem “Andrea del Sarto” in Men and Women by Robert Browning, 1855) We have so much good evidence of what happens at and after death that it’s tragic that so few people are at all familiar with it. We... Read More
