Tag Archives: light

Darkness into Light

Posted on April 28, 2025 by dfolstad58

Dear friends of my blog, I have been thinking for a few days about a post to honor the donor of my kidney transplant six years ago. The timing of this post is because his surgery was April 23, 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in family, health, Just being creative | Tagged anniversary, donor, Edison, future, Gift, health, Kidney, kidney transplant, light, light bulb, memories, Organ donation, organ transplant, six, Transplant | 31 Comments

Winter Photos and Time Out

Posted on January 12, 2022 by dfolstad58

Thank you for visiting today. I can’t help but take pictures when I go for a walk. Even though I am often walking where I have walked and cycled hundred of times I still admire the view. I still need … Continue reading →

Posted in health, music related, okanagan related, Thinking Out loud | Tagged Alabama, breathe, hurry, light, Okanagan, pause, winter | 15 Comments

Anniversary, Celebration

Posted on November 4, 2021 by dfolstad58

Dear Blog friends, it feels so nice for me to be able to use my left hand again. I had surgery October 14 to deal with cancerous cells in my left thumb. It required an operating room, a plastic surgeon, … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Just being creative, okanagan related, Thinking Out loud | Tagged anniversary, autumn, diwali, elinore, light, Okanagan | 30 Comments

Unarmed, and Risking Their Lives

Posted on December 20, 2020 by dfolstad58

Thank you for visiting Life and Random Thinking today. – David ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ After another freezing night, sleeping outdoors in a trench and wishing they were anywhere but where they were, the German soldiers stood up, and were instantly vulnerable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, Thinking Out loud | Tagged 1914, Christmas, inspiration, light, Peace, truce | 15 Comments

Calm in the Storm

Posted on March 14, 2020 by dfolstad58

Hope is about believing with a humble heart that tomorrow can be different. It’s about knowing that light will come to chase away this darkness. Looking around social media the last few days it seems impossible to avoid the rising … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged 911, believing, experience, Fear, Heart, hope, kindness, light, night | 36 Comments

Tongue-Tied (almost) Tuesday

Posted on October 22, 2019 by dfolstad58

In the last few days I have been walking along both the north end (Okanagan Lake side) and the south end (Skaha Lake side) of Penticton. When I walk I inevitably stop and take pictures, I don’t listen to music, … Continue reading →