Friday, September 12, 2008

Foster Folsom @ SECRET SPOT in NOVA SCOTIA ( just "sharin")



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From: Lilla Folsom <lilla@carolinaone.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Subject: not for posting
To: Ralph Williams <RalphUSPG@hotmail.com>

-- Lilla Folsom, Your Favorite RealtorCarolina One Real Estate
1265 Folly Road
Charleston, SC 29412
M. 843-696-7810 F.843-202-2250
Visit me at www.Lilla.Net


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Ralph Williams
404-374-5043
<ralphuspg@gmail.com>

Posted by email from Surfer Ralph North to South (posterous)

More SHARIN the STOKE




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lilla Folsom <lilla@carolinaone.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Subject: more pix
To: Ralph Williams <RalphUSPG@hotmail.com>




--
Lilla Folsom, Your Favorite Realtor
Carolina One Real Estate
1265 Folly Road
Charleston, SC 29412
M. 843-696-7810 F.843-202-2250
Visit me at www.Lilla.Net



--
Ralph Williams
404-374-5043
<ralphuspg@gmail.com>

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Posted by email from Surfer Ralph North to South (posterous)

SHARIN the STOKE




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lilla Folsom <lilla@carolinaone.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Subject: some pictures
To: Ralph Williams <RalphUSPG@hotmail.com>


great to hear from you and to hear you on the radio. Here are some pictures to post

--
Lilla Folsom, Your Favorite Realtor
Carolina One Real Estate
1265 Folly Road
Charleston, SC 29412
M. 843-696-7810 F.843-202-2250
Visit me at www.Lilla.Net



--
Ralph Williams
404-374-5043
<ralphuspg@gmail.com>

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Posted by email from Surfer Ralph North to South (posterous)

Monday, September 8, 2008

So different;So gratifying

I was out of WiFi convenience for the last several days;and can't say I really missed the cyber world.The real world here is so less cluttered from hustle and make busy stuff that Atlanta almost remembers like bedlam versus the pace of life I'm observing.I recognize that I have a unique set of circumstances traveling with me that appeal to the wanderlust in us all.However,Nova Scotia tells me that we,in America,have allowed politeness,graciousness and just hanging out with friends to have been moved to the back burners.These folks up here truly enjoy the interaction of community.They know their neighbors more than "Hi Hello How are you?".It reminds me of my Mayo Clinic experience where I learned that patient care and medicine could be delivered in an efficient,caring,polite manner with the patient's needs emphasized.It didn't have to be cold,impolite and routine.Nova Scotians have retained civility and kindness in these stressful times.I think we as Americans have fallen into the more is better trap in a huge way.We appear to worship "much" instead of enough. I'm not knocking the country I love;we just have to slow down and take the chance that less actually may be more.Enough soapbox and a few heartfelt thank you extensions. Foster and Lilla(with 2 LL's)Folsom(as in the prison) are sensational human beings.The loving arms extended my way for 2.5 weeks were so welcomed and "out of the blue" that I will never forget the experience of the Doggett Cottage of White Point.Over 200 years of family moved through that home and that same Doggett family are still within a stones throw of Foster and Lilla.They have welcomed the Folsom "foreigners"with open arms and hearts.I tell you what;The Doggetts are getting some wonderful inhabitants for new neighbors.Foster,Lilla THANK YOU from the deepest reaches of my heart!! Bill,Joanne,Mike,Kevin,Kathleen Dolan.What a great family. They have taken a perfect stranger(believe me,I'm stranger than most,and not perfect)and have opened two homes,one large garage with a "bitchen" 47 Ford woodie and a 40 Ford woodie barn find( due for repairs), and said we will feed you,bathe you(I am alone in shower),open our friendship and community to you,show you all the surf spots(including a super secret spot that will result in my death if I reveal it's location)and all you have to due is show up and enjoy our company. I did show up and I did throughly enjoy their company. I still am in their care.THANK YOU for everything so far. Also Thank You to youfolks reading along the way.Yours with the Waves,Ralph

Hello from the South!


LB,thanks for the message.All contact with home is welcome.I finally got a good day of waves yesterday(9/7/08) in Halifax at a point break called Backyards.It was 4-6' and very strong offshore winds from the remnants of Hanna.Hanna really fizzled out up here with 35 mph winds and a little rain.I'm glad NS was spared a damaging storm.The Dolan family here in Dartmouth are treating me like a king.Kevin(who I surf with)and his wife,Kathleen,have put me up for awhile as have Bill and Joanne his parents.Bill is a member of the National Woodie Club and we spent 9 hours in his garage trying to solve a break/blinker problem on the Plymouth.We solved the break light, but I'm going to have to get a new harness for the steering column to fix the blinker.We thought that an hour was all we needed and 9 hours later Voila'.You don't want to know what we discovered electrically once we dug into the situation.Let's just say;that I'm lucky that the car did not burn down.I'm happy that I have a quality"fire & termite" policy in force.I'm putting this on the website because I type so slowly it is easier to create content this way.Otherwise I would have to retype basically the same information for the blor followers.Hope you don't mind.Yours with the Waves,BIL aka Ralph

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Larry Bilton <labilton@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Hi Ralph!

Just wanted to say "hello"!

It looks like you are enjoying yourself.

I hope that Hanna has brought you some good waves.

BTW, the Woodie looks great!  Who injured the driver'sdoor and fender chrome?

Chad was in PRthis week, and had to make a quick departure due to Ike.

Take care, and I hope the surfing waves continue your way!

 

Brother in law,

Larry




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Ralph Williams
404-374-5043
<ralphuspg@gmail.com>

Posted by email from Surfer Ralph North to South (posterous)