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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.

5-10 Minutes A Day For the Fun of it

Posted on May 11, 2016 by dfolstad58

I was wondering why comedians like Seinfeld are so successful.  I suspect it is because we are a tad jealous of their ability to let loose, to be over the top. Not only does it seem like a good idea, … Continue reading →

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Again, and Again, and Again

Posted on May 9, 2016 by dfolstad58

Sometimes I read too slow due to distractions and am forced to read over a chapter in a book several times; have you ever done that? You really want to progress when reading a book, the excitement of a book is … Continue reading →

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Big or Small – We all need to take them

Posted on May 6, 2016 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on Life and Random Thinking:
Sometimes we forget.  Almost everything we can point to in our life,  jobs, friendships, skills,  we have them because we took big or small risks. Some of those small risks paid out big…

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Never was, and never will be.

Posted on May 6, 2016 by dfolstad58

There was a time when I at least thought of myself as attractive, or at minimum I never transformed any gals into pillars of salt if they “checked me out”. Oy vey, those days are gone; perchance never to return. … Continue reading →

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Life’s Stories take planning

Posted on May 2, 2016 by dfolstad58

I was reading in the travel section of the Globe & Mail a few days ago and the writer commented “Don’t plan life. Live it.” This struck me because an outgoing friend of mine says the opposite ” You don’t … Continue reading →

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Beguiling Baltic Doors: What’s the Message?

Posted on May 2, 2016 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on GALLIVANCE:
We’ve always been fascinated by doorways and what they have to say. It doesn’t take an architect or etymologist to know that the facade is the face of a building, and if this is so, then the…

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