One Positive Life Change: Finding Peace Through Daily Spiritual Practice

Originally Published: April 10th, 2025 2026 One positive change I have made in my life is nurturing a spiritual practice. To spend time each day in prayer, talking to the God of my understanding, then listening with meditation. I haven’t yet attained the level of discipline where I sit in quiet practice over an extended…

Books I Reread: Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey Detective Stories

Originally Published: April 8th, 2025 2026 I enjoy rereading Dorothy Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey detective stories in order: I discovered Dorothy Sayers and her famous fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey many years ago in a second hand book store I frequently visited. I would sit on the second story floor, surrounded by thousands of old…

Rescue Dogs Make The Best Pets

Originally Published: April 6th, 2025 2026 We adopted two young dogs from rescue shelters in Texas, USA. Vinnie and Pebbles spent the beginnings of their lives in kennels. Alive, yes. Fed and in a warm shelter. Yes. But lacking consistent human cuddles and contact. Vinnie was a little over a year old when he arrived…

Dolphin Sanctuary: A Dream Job I’d Do For Free

Inspired by Rick O’Barry’s Dolphin Project, I would own and operate a dolphin sanctuary to rehabilitate captive dolphins back into their natural habitat, as well as provide a loving, permanent home to those dolphins who are incapable of successful rehabilitation because they were born into captivity. Additionally, Joyful Stephanie’s Dolphin Sanctuary would team up with…

I Would Cull The Assholes Who Move Into Our Natural Community Then Destroy It

We live in a rural area, our community located along the shores of a large, mostly unpopulated lake with strict municipal laws to protect both the lake and its surrounding ecosystem. The rules are very specific. The actual enforcement of these rules seems to be another issue altogether. There are home owners within our community…