Welcome to Linda’s Literary Home

Literary Works of Linda Sue Grimes

poems, songs, essays, short stories, fables, recipes, commentaries

Thought of the Day

June 8, 2026: To be controlled by moods is to be a part of matter. If you keep your mind on the resolve never to lose your peace, then you can attain godliness. Keep a secret chamber of silence within yourself, where you will not let moods, trials, battles, or inharmony enter. Keep out all hatred, revengefulness, and desires. In this chamber of peace God will visit you. —Paramahansa Yogananda, SRF Lessons

Rooms in Linda’s Literary Home

The rooms within my literary home include my library/music room where I compose and maintain my original writings in poetry, songs, literary fiction, expository essays, and poem commentaries.

My literary home also includes rooms of tribute and memorials to beautiful souls who have graced my life and influenced my penchant for literary studies.

In addition to literary works, I dabble in vegan/vegetarian cooking, so I dedicate my kitchen to holding and presenting the recipes that result from my adventures in the culinary arts.

Because I remain spiritual-minded, I dedicate a temple/sanctuary to that spiritual inclination. ~Maya Shedd’s Temple~ holds personal musings about subjects that influence my life, especially my spiritual journey.

Original Writings

The following rooms will remain works in progress, as I continue to add to them from time to time.

• Poems
• Songs
• Short Literary Fiction
• Essays: On Political, Social, Literary, & Other Issues
• Essays: Poems & Songs with Commentaries
• My Books
• Veggie Recipes: My Culinary Journey
• Cowboy Poetry
• ~Maya Shedd’s Temple~

Life Sketches of and Commentaries on Poems by the following poets: 

• Edgar Lee Masters
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning 
• Emily Dickinson
• John Donne
• Robert Frost 
• Gerard Manley Hopkins 
• Langston Hughes
• James Weldon Johnson
• Phillis Wheatley
• Rabindranath Tagore
• The “Shakespeare” Writer
• William Butler Yeats

A Special Soul

One such room is an art gallery, featuring the paintings, as well as the prose renderings of the beautiful soul, Ron Grimes (Ron W. G., as he signs his paintings): Paintings and Prose.  My sweet Ron has continued to bring out the poetry in my life for over half a century; our married life together began on March 10, 1973.

• Ron Grimes – Ron W. G.:  Paintings and Prose

Beautiful Souls

My literary home also offers dedicated rooms to beautiful souls who have graced my life and influenced my literary studies.

• Malcolm M. Sedam Poetry Memorial
• Thomas Thornburg Poetry Memorial
• Daniel L. Wright Memorial: Shakespeare Authorship Studies

My Kitchen

Also in my house of letters, I dedicate another room—my kitchen—to the recipes that result from adventures in the experimental culinary arts.

I have been a vegetarian/vegan for most of my life, and thus I have found it necessary to revise or tweak most traditional recipes to accommodate my vegetarianism. So I am offering the results of that life journey.

My Temple Sanctuary

Finally, I have dedicated a sanctuary for meditation, prayer, and worship, “Maya Shedd’s Temple.” Before I rebuilt this lit site as Linda’s Literary Home, I maintained much of the construction here under the title “Maya Shedd’s Temple: Literary Home of Linda Sue Grimes.”

In the temple, I place all things spiritual. I begin with a brief memoir explaining by reasons for following my spiritual path.

The temple includes information about Paramahansa Yogananda and commentaries on his poetic works, beginning with Songs of the Soul.

Guruji has explained that fallen humankind is under the spell of Maya or cosmic delusion. My goal is to lift that spell, thus “shed” the delusive veil of Maya: Maya Shedd.

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Questions, comments, or suggestions offered in good faith are always welcome.

Come back and visit again soon!