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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.

Education – In a deep dark jungle…..lived a lonesome caveman

If you like your music a little rockier, then you will love “Kinks” – Education from Schoolboys in Disgrace ~ wait for the bridge near the end.  “Oh you can’t tell me why I am!” – Lyrics below ! In … Continue reading

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Castle’s Call – Nine fingered guitarist supreme

You have to hear this entire album to apprecite the talent of Phil Keaggy. Phil Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer. Raised in a small farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio with nine brothers and sisters, Keaggy began … Continue reading

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A Special Day from 2010

I decided to make this collage of pictures because this day was such an important one and great memory.  A wedding is a special event of commitment, joining together of families, and celebration (and we celebrated)with Amanda & Tyler, friends … Continue reading

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Flooding in Australia and California

I thought I would add these two you-tube videos to my blog because they are reminders to myself to count my blessings, and remind me to remember others in my prayers. Always I need to remind myself not to have … Continue reading

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle I suppose the language is what attracts me to re-reading certain authors, such as Arthur Conan Doyle whose most famous fictional character for me is Sherlock Holmes. The use of vocabulary challenges me to expand my comparably … Continue reading

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Oscar Wilde

Once again I am re-reading some of Oscar Wilde’s plays. I am nearly finished and I enjoy how he turns a phrase with such wit. I should take the time to read more about his times, the society he observed … Continue reading

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