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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.

Internet – doublespeak for Time Machine!

I love when I am looking around on the internet and find music from a few years ago when I was young (cough, cough). Ahem…moving right along. Remember “Guitar Man” by Bread, “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray? So many memories, … Continue reading

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Been a while since I was seventeen

When I was seventeen, I don’t think I ever had a stiff back, or sore feet. When I was seventeen, I could eat  two A &W teen burgers back to back without a passing thought about calories or weight. When … Continue reading

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Classic but true

I remember my grandma (Baba) teaching me manners when I was just 5 or 6. She took me to a hotel in Kindersley, Saskatchewan and bought me a cola. I think it was 5 cents. I couldn’t drink it until … Continue reading

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YouTube – Handstands to Bruises by Chairlift with Tara Stiles

I love this youtube video, fun, cheerful, musical and different. I don’t know either the group or song but it’s cool (and I’m ancient). Do you love the music ?   Not ready to try handstands on concrete in New … Continue reading

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Sages In the Desert just around the corner!

Spring is here, at last, and just in time for “Sages in the Desert” I can feel the anticipation building, and the weather heating up! 🙂 It seems long ago that the conference was announced, and NOW it is less … Continue reading

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Always On My Mind – Elvis or Willie?

Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was given my first stereo from my parents. It had two speakers and the turntable had a dome over it.  It probably looked like a biosphere off in space from a late … Continue reading

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