Monthly Archives: October 2012

Visual Soliloquy #599 The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others…

Posted on October 9, 2012 by TA Loeffler

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others. ~Sonya Friedman

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A Small Rock of Many

Posted on October 9, 2012 by TA Loeffler

With a visit to some of Mexico’s most famous (and the world’s third largest) pyramids, Teotihuacan today and the National Museum of Anthropology yesterday, I am feeling like a small rock in a sea of many. Viewing the remains and … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #598 I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day…

Posted on October 8, 2012 by TA Loeffler

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. ~Abraham Lincoln

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Visual Soliloquy #597 Action is the antidote to despair…

Posted on October 7, 2012 by TA Loeffler

Action is the antidote to despair. ~Joan Baez

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Mexican Book Ends

Posted on October 6, 2012 by TA Loeffler

I remember my first arrival in Mexico City more vividly perhaps than any other expedition start. I was 21, spoke no Spanish, and arrived three days earlier than the rest of my climbing group. The plane was several hours late … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #596 Be humble, for you are made of dung. Be noble, for you are made of stars…

Posted on October 6, 2012 by TA Loeffler

Be humble, for you are made of dung. Be noble, for you are made of stars. ~Serbian Saying

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Visual Soliloquy #595 Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced…

Posted on October 5, 2012 by TA Loeffler

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~James Baldwin

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Visual Soliloquy #594 Never be afraid to sit awhile and think…

Posted on October 4, 2012 by TA Loeffler

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~Lorraine Hansberry

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Visual Soliloquy #593 We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do…

Posted on October 3, 2012 by TA Loeffler

We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ~Olin Miller

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Visual Soliloquy #592 In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed…

Posted on October 2, 2012 by TA Loeffler

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #591 The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism was dead…

Posted on October 1, 2012 by TA Loeffler

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism was dead. ~Robert Brault

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