Category Archives: reading / books

Invisible or Heard?

Posted on April 21, 2025 by dfolstad58

Greetings in the warmest possible way to you today. Thank you for arriving to read this post and double thanks to those who gift me with their thoughts in a comment at the bottom of the post. Sincerely I mean … Continue reading →

Posted in reading / books, Thinking Out loud, Uncategorized | Tagged Communication, conversationalists, David Brooks, Diminishers, faith, heard, Illuminators, invisible, life, relationships, sincere, uplifting | 13 Comments

Some folks refuse free, Me? I like Free ♥

Posted on August 14, 2022 by dfolstad58

Thanks for visiting me today, I hope you enjoy today’s post and leave a comment. – David Today will be the first of my challenge to myself to post eight blog posts before September 1 – I hope you will … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging assignments, reading / books, Toastmasters, Uncategorized | Tagged audiobooks, books, ebooks, free, gift card, Hoopla, Libby, library, membership, public libraries, Toastmasters | 26 Comments

Exercise is not just for the biceps

Posted on June 7, 2021 by dfolstad58

Thanks for visiting today. Here in Penticton it is green outside because of the rain – the fruit trees and the grapes would dance if they could. Today my post is about reading books to exercise brain cells and two … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, reading / books, Thinking Out loud | Tagged books, bookshop, ellen feldman, exercise, library, Paris, penelope fitzgerald, reading | 20 Comments

Three Random Thoughts #8 – Potential, Fire, & Yarn Surprise

Posted on April 30, 2021 by dfolstad58

I am sitting looking out at the side of the Okanagan valley. Thanks for visiting ! At this time of year the valley is looking green. Plants, seeds, and gardening seem are in vogue right now. The valley’s gardeners all … Continue reading →

Posted in okanagan related, reading / books, Three Little Random Thoughts | Tagged bonfire, CBC, literacy, potential, reading, skaha lake, untapped potential, yarn | 4 Comments

A Rare Book – Grizzled Miners and Dance Hall Girls

Posted on October 29, 2020 by dfolstad58

Book recommendations are rare for me. Regardless I want to share a recommendation about an exceptional book. I hope you won’t mind too much. If you investigate and love it, that would please me very much. The first time I … Continue reading →

Posted in reading / books, Thinking Out loud, Uncategorized | Tagged Berton, gold rush, History, Klondike, Laura Berton, library, Pierre Berton, recommendation | 14 Comments

Warm and Toasty

Posted on May 18, 2020 by dfolstad58

Today’s post is the 8th instalment of CB and PB’s story. The first post was Spread Your Wings . After I wrote that post, the next two instalments (part 1 and part 2) were what happened the day Ravi left home. Ravi left his … Continue reading →