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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.

A Summer Fling

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Originally posted on fourth generation farmgirl:
I’d like to start with the fact that I don’t normally get emotionally involved or gush over dessert.  Yes.  I enjoy decadent treats in moderation: a piece of Victoria sponge or chocolate cake on…

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Just Standing there – Part 3

If you want to begin at the beginning, click here. Alan was feeling a little unsettled after the last time he saw the mystery girl, like he had forgotten something and it was just at the edge of his consciousness.  … Continue reading

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Just Standing There – Part Two

This is part two, see part one by  clicking here.  In the movies, couples destined to be together have no obstacles, but real life wasn’t that way, or at least not for Alan and Mary. After that first glance, Alan … Continue reading

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Pets, the critters get under the skin, lucky us

Originally posted on Life and Random Thinking:
When I was a young tyke, my family lived in a small town, Quesnel, BC.  It seems a kind of Mayberry and that would make me Opie I suppose.  (are you whistling the…

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Don’t try to fix it? But I can fix it!

Originally posted on Life and Random Thinking:
http://vimeo.com/66753575 Sand dollar in Parksville I really enjoy this video which hits the nail, pardon me,  is right on target on explaining what happens sometimes when guys try to listen. Okay, I don’t…

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Just Standing there, and I’m a believer

Allan wasn’t old enough  to really complain of a broken heart.  He wasn’t feeling hopeless, and he had happy memories with the girlfriends he had had. The funk he was feeling possibly was because he was a romantic and expected … Continue reading

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