Category: Uplifting stories

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Bookworm

To all my friends, I wish you the very merriest Christmas whether (or both) as a profound religious occasion and as a joyous secular holiday. And let’s all hope for a safe, happy, and healthy New Year.

Flowers, so many flowers

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Bookworm

If you like flowers, especially orchids, this is the post for you because I brought back pictures from Atlanta’s dazzling Botanical Garden. Currently, the city of Atlanta has a lot of problems thanks to the fact that it is under the control of hard-left, race-obsessed Democrat activists. Still, it’s one

More pictures of Nature’s springtime extravagance

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Bookworm

In spring, we get a reminder that we are fortunate to live in a world of great beauty. I was back at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens yesterday. This time, the azaleas are in bloom. I would have liked to take more pictures showing how lush they were, but the gardens

Springtime scenes from around Charleston

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by Bookworm

I’m fortunate enough to live in a beautiful area, and it’s spring, so today is picture day.

A Merry Christmas from our friend March Hare

Posted on December 25, 2020December 24, 2020 by Bookworm

March Hare has been a long-time friend to this blog, for she always leaves comments that are interesting, informed, and very humanist (in a good way, not a leftist “secular humanist” way). This year, March Hare shared a poem with me and with all of you to remind us that,

With Josh Groban’s O Holy Night, I officially start the Bookworm Christmas season

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Bookworm

I have no idea why I love Josh Groban’s live version of O Holy Night so much; I just do. I’ve posted it ever year at Christmas and I’m not going to stop now:

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A reminder that we are blessed with very good people in America

Posted on October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 by Bookworm

I took a little time away today from politics and social commentary and, instead, concentrated on some uplifting, amusing, or entertaining videos. I felt perfectly fine today, but I was mentally limp. I couldn’t seem to fire up the writing corner of my brain. I did respond to emails, pay

[VIDEO] MoMo’s prom date will make you a smiling, happy person

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 by Bookworm

MoMo’s prom date video is really short, but it’s long enough to leave you with a big smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart. MoMo suffers from a conversion disorder that affected her neurological system and left her unable to walk. As this heartwarming video shows, though,

“I saw my opportunity and I took it” — James Shaw, Jr., Hero

Posted on April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 by Bookworm

James Shaw, a real hero, seeing his opportunity, was able to rise above fear and doubt. Unlike most people, he acted, saving innumerable lives. One of my favorite books ever is Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, an interview an enterprising newspaper man had in 1905 with George Washington Plunkitt, a practitioner of

Happy New Year!!!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Bookworm

To all my dear friends at Bookworm Room: Let us hope that 2018 brings more of the wonderful things we saw in 2017: The return of the rule of law; the shrinking of the administrative state; a thriving economy; a restored sense of national security; and a newfound respect for

As Adam Said . . .

Posted on December 24, 2017December 24, 2017 by Wolf Howling

As Adam said . . . . . . to his wife, several millennia less one day ago, “Hey, it’s Christmas, Eve.” What better way to celebrate than with Christmas songs? So with that intro, a few Christmassy things for your enjoyment Ms. BWR’s favorite, written in 1943, at the

Simple rules to live by — ideas that make your life better

Posted on September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 by Bookworm

Here are the seven simple rules that have greatly improved my life (and made my children happier). Do you have simple rules that guide you? Politics disgusts me today and I don’t want to write about it. Instead, inspired by a lunchtime conversation I had with a friend, I’d like

[VIDEO] Mandy Harvey: Her musicality transcends her deafness

Posted on June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 by Bookworm

Going deaf didn’t end Mandy Harvey’s musicality. She just had to find new ways to express it — and express it she does in this beautiful video. Watching Mandy Harvey, I thought of Beethoven. By saying that, I am not saying that Harvey has Beethoven’s genius, which is a ludicrously high

A truly nice young man

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Bookworm

It’s another day on which I apologize for a silent blog. All my life, my energy has ebbed and flowed, and sometimes it just ebbs too much. This is one of those days. I’ll be back and refreshed tomorrow. In the meantime, I wanted you to see a video of

[VIDEOS] Three videos about human ingenuity

Posted on April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 by Bookworm

I’m working on a longer post but, in the meantime, I have three short videos highlighting human ingenuity. What I like about these videos is that they’re not about earthshaking things, such as curing cancer or creating world peace. Instead, they’re about fairly mundane things — i.e., drawing, home design,