Monthly Archives: October 2010

Visual Soliloquy #25

Posted on October 31, 2010 by TA Loeffler

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. –Norman Maclean

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Visual Soliloquy #24

Posted on October 30, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #23

Posted on October 29, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Sometimes the more goal-oriented we are, the less likely we are to obtain that goal. If you really, really want something, you have to forget how much you want it. Or else you’ll be too nervous to get it. But … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #22

Posted on October 28, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.  The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.  You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #21

Posted on October 27, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. –Parker Palmer

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Visual Soliloquy #20

Posted on October 26, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.” –Nancy Willard

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Visual Soliloquy #19

Posted on October 25, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The true measure of one’s worth is not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous

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Hat Trick of the Americas: Volcán Tajumulco (4220m)

Posted on October 24, 2010 by TA Loeffler

What is TA climbing next? I had many more clues planned…like this one: and this one: But alas and congrats, the great mystery of what I am climbing next has been solved by MC and Carla. They deciphered the clues: … Continue reading →

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Your Guess is As Good as Mine

Posted on October 24, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Howdy, So after months of hemming and hawing, sorting and sighing, planning and proposing, looking and logisticating…I’ve finally decided what to climb next BUT I’m not telling just yet. In the spirit of fun and frivolity, I’ve been releasing a … Continue reading →

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What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #4

Posted on October 24, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Alright! Things are heating up in the guessing department. I’m loving how you are all catches some of the subtle clues in the images and putting it together with some google or bing action to come up with all new … Continue reading →

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What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #3

Posted on October 23, 2010 by TA Loeffler

OK. I know many of you are dying to know. Feeling impatient and wanting me to just spill the beans. Here is another clue to help you guess what I am climbing next…put all the pieces together from the images … Continue reading →

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What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #2

Posted on October 22, 2010 by TA Loeffler

We all know I love hockey.  Probably more than I love climbing mountains (but don’t tell anyone).  I usually like to play forward but on Fridays I play D.  I love to score but even more, I love to deliver … Continue reading →

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What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #1

Posted on October 21, 2010 by TA Loeffler

So after months of hemming and hawing, sorting and sighing, planning and proposing, looking and logisticating…I’ve finally decided what to climb next BUT I’m not telling just yet. In the spirit of fun and frivolity, I’ll release a photo clue … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #18

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TA Loeffler

It’s Wear Purple Day so I only thought it fitting that I find a photograph that wears some too!

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Visual Soliloquy #17

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TA Loeffler

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #16

Posted on October 19, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The day was here. The woman stopped rocking in her chair. Pushing off the arms, she stood. She swayed some but caught her balance. She looked back towards the front door. She looked out to the awakening day. Her decision … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #15

Posted on October 18, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Unconditional Confidence

Posted on October 17, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Howdy, Sunday has rolled around again. After a year’s hibernation, I’m back attending a Buddhist retreat this weekend called, “Wisdom in Everyday Life.” I’m appreciating being back within the community of the Sangha, which has been a critical part of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #14

Posted on October 17, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Our life is an endless journey… The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road.” – Chögyam Trungpa

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Visual Soliloquy #13

Posted on October 16, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The summit in view So high in the air, Congrats to Eric For standing there! Eric Larsen summitted Mount Everest this morning completing his Save the Pole Expedition. He skied to the South Pole, then the North Pole and then … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #12

Posted on October 14, 2010 by TA Loeffler

That there is a place somewhere in the middle-not the middle of the road but the middle way-someplace found my touching the edges to find the boundary of the possible-and then easing to a space that allows all possibilities and … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #11

Posted on October 14, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are my teachers. I teach like the mountains teach me. With vision. With struggle. Asking students to reach up for an unknown sky, I ask for mindful engagement–for to climb or teach or learn without, leads to disaster.

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Visual Soliloquy #10

Posted on October 13, 2010 by TA Loeffler

An Open Gate in Chile In Honour of Miners Freed Welcome Home

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Visual Soliloquy #9

Posted on October 12, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are both solid and moving. They are steady, wise, and seemingly unyielding while at the same time they are changing through erosion and time.

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Visual Soliloquy #8

Posted on October 11, 2010 by TA Loeffler

You are exactly where you need to be, exactly on schedule. Continue to seek experiences that move you and to create experiences that move others.

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Of Maps and Sweat Equity

Posted on October 10, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Happy 10.10.10 and Happy Thanksgiving, I don’t think I was all that clear last week when I announcing my new approach to weekly updates. For those folks who’ve been receiving your updates via gmail, you don’t need to join Facebook-sorry … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #7

Posted on October 10, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Remember to be creative and risk-taking in all that you do. Your greatest potential for growth comes with the greatest risk.

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Visual Soliloquy #6

Posted on October 9, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Continue on your path. Allow the light in and around you. Deepen your faith and your connection to the light. And to all persons in which the light is reflected to you.

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Visual Soliloquy #5

Posted on October 8, 2010 by TA Loeffler

This path has barely begun. I’m wanting the glory of the summit when I’ve barely left the parking lot… this requires a long patient slog, over hills and through valleys and being willing to put one foot in front of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #4

Posted on October 7, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss

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Visual Soliloquy #3

Posted on October 6, 2010 by TA Loeffler

moving like day into night, fall into winter, darkness into light, pain into healing, youth into wisdom, birth into death

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Visual Soliloquy #2

Posted on October 5, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Views from high places. Stark understanding. Rising above. Seeing nothing higher. Seeing in new ways. This is what makes the hardship both bearable and worth it.

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Visual Soliloquy #1

Posted on October 4, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Feelings flow like tides, moving in, moving out, moving through, to the sea, running downhill, picking up speed and momentum to claim what is rightfully hers and theirs and ours.

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Change is a Foot!

Posted on October 3, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Howdy, I spent much of the last week sick with a series of illness that piled up like cordwood over the week. A trip to the ER finally had me on the mend and I had a quiet week at … Continue reading →

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