Tag Archives: memories

What Sparks your memories?

Posted on August 16, 2014 by dfolstad58

Our minds are interesting organs. They retain our memories including poems we learned in school, songs we sang along with the radio (wrong lyrics and all). I will be listening to a song I haven’t heard for decades but my … Continue reading →

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You Sunk My Battleship

Posted on March 21, 2014 by dfolstad58

Growing up I didn’t have to walk knee-deep in snow ten miles uphill to and from school each day but my childhood was certainly different from the current generation. Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by … Continue reading →

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If you don’t know what to say, talk Food!

Posted on August 18, 2013 by dfolstad58

People in my observation love to talk about food, even Canadians who seem to love to about the weather. In a group, a get-together, whatever you call it, food is likely to become the topic people share most easily. My … Continue reading →

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Money would make it easier but ….

Posted on June 7, 2013 by dfolstad58

Many years ago, before I had grey hair and my love handles my wife and I were volunteers with a church group to an orphanage in Baja, Mexico. Even as I write this I remember the warm nights, the air … Continue reading →