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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.

Shark or Skateboarder – which are you?

Recently I read a true story  (read the story in the link) about a blind individual who worked on one of the top floors of the World Trade Center.  The building shook, and he reached out for his service dog with … Continue reading

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Give yourself some of life’s cookies, and duck regret

When you were doing positive actions in your life, it shows. It shows and people ask, what did you do? Alternatively, are you doing what you always did? So why do you expect different results? This post has two subjects. … Continue reading

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The Post Card

Originally posted on Svegliati Cara:
For several years, a man was having an affair with an Italian woman. One night, she confided in him that she was pregnant.? Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her…

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Stuck on the freeway? Serenade time Buttercup !

I wasn’t “sitting on the dock of bay”, and I wasn’t stuck on a freeway either but I was serenaded by this sweet tune, that reminded me of a viral youtube video. So I checked it out, how many people … Continue reading

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Ladies blog topics – Millions! Men bloggers, not so much.

Friendly reader, are you surprised by my statement that women have it way easier having ideas to blog about. Perhaps you disagree? You think it is equal or even that men have it easier. I beg to differ. You see women … Continue reading

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Leonardo Da Vinci – The Risk Taker

Originally posted on Life and Random Thinking:
Finding time and inspiration is all it takes to do blogging. Sometimes I have neither, and other times I enjoy one and not the other.  Then I have inspiring thoughts which, in the…

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