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.

Sun does not shine every day..

Posted on February 19, 2016 by dfolstad58

Perhaps (if you are Trooper fan) you recognize this snippet ” Sun does not shine every day” from Here for a Good Time. But in actuality the sun does shine every day, really it does. Anytime you go up in … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud, Uncategorized | Tagged blue skies, change, clouds, Okanagan lake, rainy, sunny, trooper, youtube | 11 Comments

Don’t nearly die first

Posted on February 11, 2016 by dfolstad58

This post actually came from a speech I gave recently at a Toastmasters meeting; the speech was called”Be Like A Child“. I had failed an attempt to color in an adult coloring book. Instead of being able to relax; I … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITE POSTS - A Few of them ♥, health, Thinking Out loud, Toastmasters, Uncategorized | Tagged be like a child, child, confidence, content, enjoying life, life, mindfulness, soup, speech, spontaneity, Toastmasters | 19 Comments

On Writing: productivity and inactivity

Posted on February 6, 2016 by dfolstad58

Funny and accurate! Where does the time go?

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Spending a Night “Homeless” on the streets of Hungary

Posted on February 6, 2016 by dfolstad58

Originally posted on getsetandgo:
Any trip or a holiday creates numerous memories, memorable anecdotes and photographs. But travel stories are created when your best laid plans go haywire. All good stories start with an element of the “unexpected” – getting…

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I’m a Stranger here to place called Earth

Posted on January 12, 2016 by dfolstad58

I imagine no one will believe me when I say I met an alien from another planet sitting in Starbucks. It could have been a dream or was it? A tennis goddess, asked to sit at my table and wanted … Continue reading →