Author Archives: dfolstad58

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.

Embrace Your Ugly

Posted on April 26, 2018 by dfolstad58

Funny thing but on television or in movies I notice that ALL the cars are all shiny, clean, polished even. In real life my car looks either dusty or dirty seconds after I wash it, and never as clean and … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged being real, cars, embrace, grateful, positive, real life, Television, thankful, ugly | 13 Comments

Finding Your Sweet Spot

Posted on April 1, 2018 by dfolstad58

I agonize trying to find the “sweet spot” in many areas of my life, and maybe you do also. If you golf, or play baseball then the sweet spot is that spot on your club or bat where you hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud, Uncategorized | Tagged diet, exercise, family, friends, friendships, fun, mortality, Music, no regrets, regret, relationships, relaxing, sweet spot | 18 Comments

5 foot tall, 100 pounds – Mountain Conqueror

Posted on March 3, 2018 by dfolstad58

I recently had a discussion with a friend who has set 7 worthwhile goals for themselves. I confess 7 goals had me thinking and this morning at the auspicious time of 5:30 a.m. I realized it reminded me of Shailee … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud, Toastmasters | Tagged achievement, challenges, doing your best, goal setting, mountain climbing, Self Improvement, seven summits, Shailee Basnet, Toastmasters | 22 Comments

The Myths and Magic of Kidney Donation

Posted on March 3, 2018 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on Leaving It Better Than I Found It.:
I have been SO impressed with the number of people that reach out to me every week about kidney donation. People are so curious and are really looking to do…

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged BC Transplant, donor, kidney donor, magic, myths, Transplant | Leave a comment

Walking in the sunshine

Posted on February 8, 2018 by dfolstad58

They were the best of friends, Dallas and Ryan, and time spent together was always appreciated, even when weeks passed between walks. Last week they walked on a cold winter day, their faces exposed to the wind, so cold their … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged circumstances, clouds, friendship, going forward, life, story, sunshine | 12 Comments

Forgotten treasure

Posted on February 1, 2018 by dfolstad58

In the hallway of my house is a box with thousands of old pictures. Treasure I walked past without thinking. This week my son took a day to go through some of those, and we shared the treasure of … Continue reading →