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About dfolstad58

I live in the South Okanagan. BC. I enjoy reading, exercise, toastmasters. spending time with my son, my daughter, & her husband , and my patient wife. I try to respond personally to every comment on my blog, and in this way I hope to get to know my readers a little bit and and am able to thank readers for their encouragement on what they liked and suggestions on what they would like to see me try in order to improve.

Making a Difference- Beads for Life

Posted on June 7, 2011 by dfolstad58

Here is quick link to the NBC Nightly news that explains how paper beads are making a difference, life changing difference. Beads for Life. ← Click here !! If you go to BeadforLife.org what you will not see is swimsuit models. … Continue reading →

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Beads For Life – Eradicating Poverty One Bead at a Time

Posted on June 7, 2011 by dfolstad58

Recently I made a blog here about an organization called Under The Same Sun. I made that blog after learning about the need to help albinos in Africa. I learned about that situation because of a speech in my Toastmasters … Continue reading →

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These are the days to hold special

Posted on May 30, 2011 by dfolstad58

It is strange how in modern times we like to lament pollution,  over-population, nuclear wars,  and so on and somehow think times were rosier in the “old days”. In the “old days” people died by the millions at very young … Continue reading →

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Piggy Don’t Get Hooked On Me

Posted on May 30, 2011 by dfolstad58

This guy Mac Davis must have left a string of broken hearts, including Miss Piggy. I have to admit he has self control with that mermaid tail smacking him in the face. On another note, I have to learn to … Continue reading →

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Walk, work, and Welax!

Posted on May 28, 2011 by dfolstad58

Today I went for a long walk for two hours! It started out I could hardly put any weight on my right foot but gradually I was using it fully. Not sure what happened but it must have needed some … Continue reading →

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Under the Same Sun – Fighting Myth / Discrimination

Posted on May 28, 2011 by dfolstad58

This is a post about myth & discrimination in Tanzania.   Albinism is the condition where people, for no fault of their own, have little or none pigment in their skin. Perhaps you are familiar with the term ” albino?” … Continue reading →

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