Monthly Archives: March 2011

Visual Soliloquy #156 The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity…

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. -Ayn Rand

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Visual Soliloquy #155 If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death…

If you do anything for too long, it starts to lack edge, to become too easy. Easy is the kiss of death. -Julia Ormond Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/edge_3.html#ixzz1Hi6sai15

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Visual Soliloquy #154 Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods…

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. -John Muir

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Visual Soliloquy #153 I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary…

I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. – Lou Holtz

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Visual Soliloquy #152 Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it…

  Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Howard Thurman

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A Season for Both Peaks and Valleys

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #151 Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome…

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. – Samuel Johnson

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Snow Day: Skiing Downtown St. John’s

My latest helmet cam adventure…Skiing Downtown St. John’s on a snow day! The conditions were quite good except for where the snow plows had been!

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Visual Soliloquy #150 There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day…

“There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” – Alexander Woollcott

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Visual Soliloquy #149 There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it…

“There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.” – Edith Wharton

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Visual Soliloquy #148 If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it…

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. –Nhat Hanh

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Visual Soliloquy # 147 Every choice you make has an end result…

Every choice you make has an end result. – Zig Ziglar

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Visual Soliloquy #146 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go…

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T. S. Elliot

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The Week that Was

I’ve been speaking to a number of Grade Four classes of late about being an explorer and the challenges that explorers face. I find myself wishing, despite the developmental impossibility, that we could all remain ten. Grade Fours are my … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #145 By three methods we may learn wisdom…

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. –Confucius

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Visuall Soliloquy #144 If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it…

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. – John Irving

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Visual Soliloquy # 143 Good things happen to those who hustle…

Good things happen to those who hustle.-Anais Nin

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Visual Soliloquy #142 All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green…

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Visual Soliloquy # 141 It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop…

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. – Confucius

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Visual Soliloquy #140 Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing…

Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. – Leo Buscaglia

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Visual Soliloquy #139 Courage is knowing what not to fear…

Courage is knowing what not to fear. –Plato

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Visual Soliloqut #138 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony…

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. – Mahatma Gandhi

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What’s TA Climbing Next? Hvannadalshnúkur, Yding-skovhoj, and Mont Blanc

Congrats to Trien…She’s taken my set of wild clues and solved the puzzle. I’m climbing to three (no, actually four) country high points in the next few months. In April, Marian and I will be climbing Hvannadalshnúkur (the highest peak … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #137 As we develop more love for others, we’ll have more confidence in ourselves…

As we develop more love for others, we’ll have more confidence in ourselves; the more courage we have, the more relaxed and serene we’ll be. –Dalai Lama

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 9

So put what’s going on in this picture together with yesterday’s clue and I’m hoping it will lead you to the first high point…what’s on the go in this pic? Put on those thinking caps, put google to the test…bing … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #136 Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance…

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. – Samuel Johnson

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 8

Another clue for the first climb…glad folks have started to work together because this is being harder to crack than I imagined it would be…on the plus side, we’re breaking records for site visitations left, right, and centre. I had … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #135 The most common way people give up their power…

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 7

OK…thinking that I need to get a bit more concrete with the clues…here’s a chance to put two and two together to come up with peak number two…or at least a significant clue towards peak/high point number two…guess away!

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Visual Soliloquy #134 It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed…

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed. – Theodore Roosevelt

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 6

OK Peeps…One’s been guessed…I’ll let the cat out of the proverbial bag and say that there are three peaks that were, at first, in fairly close temporal proximity but are now slightly spread out time wise but not necessarily geography … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #133 I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances…

I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. —Martha Washington

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 5

OK…so maybe it’s been a bit too tough…clues a bit obscure, details a little short…here’s a recap of the clues thus far…you’re looking for high points…and I’ve circled the part of the photograph that was the clue…see if this gets … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #132 Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way…

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr Seuss

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 4

Alright…here is the fourth clue…can you put all the pieces together? The clues are coming from my own photo library so you may have to think outside the box to get it all to fit. Get your google fingers going … Continue reading

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Running Towards the Biting Phone

The Tibetan Plateau muted my senses. Its colour palette draws most strongly from the autumn family of ochres, tans, beiges, browns, but there are also the most intense sky and water blues imaginable. Other than blue, there were no bright … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy # 131 Self-trust is the first secret of success…

Self-trust is the first secret of success. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 3

Here’s clue three…remember since the clues are coming from my own photo library you have to think creatively and put many pieces together! Get your problem-solving thinking caps on. Post your guesses in the comments section below…the person who guesses … Continue reading

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What’s TA climbing Next II…Clue 2

Here’s clue two…remember since the clues are coming from my own photo library you have to think broadly and laterally! Get your creative thinking caps on. Post your guesses in the comments section below…the person who guesses the correct mountain(s) … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #130 Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade…

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. — Constance Baker Motley

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