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Monthly Archives: June 2013
Visual Soliloquy #777 I know there is strength in the differences between us…
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap. ― Ani DiFranco
A New Fusion Activity: Slackline Gardening
We got the slackline up again on our deck and I’ve now invested a new way to “time deepen” and multi-task…slack line gardening! I just noticed the sign in the back says “falling” and enjoyed a good chuckle because there … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #776 Be still…
Be still Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity ― Lao Tzu
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Visual Soliloquy #775 Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.–Lao Tzu
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Visual Soliloquy #774 Instructions for living a life….
Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. ― Mary Oliver
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Visual Soliloquy #773 A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination…
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. –Nelson Mandela
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Visual Soliloquy #772 Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver
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Visual Soliloquy #771 Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you…
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. – Frank Lloyd Wright
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Visual Soliloquy #770 Action expresses priorities…
Action expresses priorities. ― Mahatma Gandhi
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Visual Soliloquy #769 We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious…
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney
Recreation Rocks!
By Michelle Osmond New recreation graduate Robert Howlett presented a remarkable gift to three School of Human Kinetics and Recreation (HKR) faculty recently. It was an engraved rock; one each for Drs. Anne-Marie Sullivan, TA Loeffler and Angela Loucks-Atkinson. They … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #768 Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least…
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Visual Soliloquy #767 Who dares to teach must never cease to learn…
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. –John Cotton Dana
G is for Generalist
This is Lady Bird, my pack raft. She is one of three water-craft I own and split time between. Just like I portion off time between my backcountry touring skis, downhill skis, skate skis, and track skis. Much the way … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #766 Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies…
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. –Mother Teresa
Visual Soliloquy #765 I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples…
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. ― Mother Teresa
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Visual Soliloquy #764 Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use…
Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use. –Ruth Gordon
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Visual Soliloquy #763 A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality…
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. ― John Lennon
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Happy 5th Anniversary Wokies
As has become tradition, as many WOKies (Women of Kilmanjaro) as possible gathered together to climb Signal Hill (the site of much of our shared training) this morning. Five years and four days ago, we shared the summit of Kilimanjaro … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #762 Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing…
Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing. ― Barry Finlay, Kilimanjaro and Beyond Happy 5th Anniversary to the WOKies!
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Visual Soliloquy #761 The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world…
The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. – Georges Simenon
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Visual Soliloquy #760 Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul…
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. ― Emily Dickinson
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Visual Soliloquy #759 Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow…
Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow. ― Catherynne M. Valente
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Visual Soliloquy #758 How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains…
How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! – John Muir
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Visual Soliloquy #757 The more that you read, the more things you will know…
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. ― Dr. Seuss
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Visual Soliloquy #756 Must we always teach our children with books?
Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #755 Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible…
Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more. –Loris Malaguzzi
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Celebrating with the Grade Four’s at Bishop Abraham School
One of the highlights of last week was visiting the Grade Four classes at Bishop Abraham School here in St. John’s. It was my second visit of the school year and great fun. They followed along daily on my latest … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #754 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly…
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ― Maya Angelou
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Visual Soliloquy #753 Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you…
Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. ― Henry David Thoreau