Monthly Archives: March 2015

Visual Soliloquy #1121 The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart…

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. –Helen Keller

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Visual Soliloquy #1120 Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up…

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up. ― Dean Karnazes

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Visual Soliloquy #1119 This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays…

This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #1118 I could never resist the call of the trail…

I could never resist the call of the trail. –Buffalo Bill Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/trail.html#MtchDS3Kee6DV2zT.99

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Visual Soliloquy #1117 Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop…

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid

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Visual Soliloquy #1116 One should use common words to say uncommon things…

One should use common words to say uncommon things. ― Arthur Schopenhauer

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Visual Soliloquy #1115 So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers…

So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1114 When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me…

When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me. ― Seán O’Casey

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Mission 5959: Sizing the Skins

After shovelling out for a few hours, Marian and I came in for some lunch and then tackled a few more projects related to gear prep for my Mount Logan trip. My new Intuition Liners had arrived and it was … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1113 Trees are my mentors…

Trees are my mentors. When in their presence, everything seems possible. Note to self, “Spend more time with trees.” – TA Loeffler

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Visual Soliloquy #1112 Anticipate the day as if it was your birthday and you are turning six again…

Anticipate the day as if it was your birthday and you are turning six again. ~Mike Dolan

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Visual Soliloquy #1111 But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins…

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins. ― Lauren Oliver

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Visual Soliloquy #1110 Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you…

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! –Dr. Seuss

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Mission 5959: Boot and Ski Tuning

Doesn’t everyone use their kitchen as a ski workshop? Finally cleared some time this weekend to do some boot fitting/liner moulding/learn new ski bindings kind of stuff. Because my team is climbing most of the way up Mount Logan on … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #1109 May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out…

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out. ― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Visual Soliloquy #1108 And like a colourful bloom of temporary lights in the sky, you will shine…

And like a colourful bloom of temporary lights in the sky, you will shine. ― Chad Sugg

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Visual Soliloquy #1107 Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow…

Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ― Anita Desai

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Visual Soliloquy #1106 The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot…

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. ~ Michael Althsuler

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