Author Archives: TA Loeffler

Antarctica Countdown 84 Days & Counting: Sand Bagged by the Sand Bag

I’m testing a new training program and it’s a doozie! Today’s training session started with 10 minutes of sand bag get-ups. What’s a sand bag get-up you say? Glad you asked. In my case, I took a favourite stuff sack … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #314 When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves…

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. – William Arthur Ward

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Visual Soliloquy #313 If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder…

If children are to keep alive his or her inborn sense of wonder they needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with them the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.–Rachel … Continue reading

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Antarctica Countdown 85 Days and Counting: Out of Retirement

In light of the need to pull loads from Mount Vinson base camp to Camp One, I have come out of re”tire”ment and began training with the tire once again. Natelle was gracious enough to get up early to be … Continue reading

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On the Eddy Line

September is always a transition month…from summer to fall, vacation to school, summer camp back to work…and now, for me, from the wilds of Labrador to the clamor of the city. I always hated coming home from camp after spending … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #312 Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength…

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. -Corrie Ten Boom

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Visual Soliloquy #311 Happiness flutters in the air whilst we rest among the breaths of nature…

Happiness flutters in the air whilst we rest among the breaths of nature. ~Kelly Scheaffer

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Got friluftsliv?

This is a follow up article from my recent trip to Denmark and France.  I love that the picture caption makes it seem as though Denmark’s highest point is the birthplace of modern alpinism. via The Gazette | Got friluftsliv?.

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Visual Soliloquy #310 Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life…

Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. ~Rachel Carson

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Visual Soliloquy #309 I believe in God, only I spell it Nature…

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. ~Frank Lloyd Wright

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Visual Soliloquy #308 One touch of nature makes the whole world kin…

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #307 To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug…

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~Helen Keller

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Notakwanon River Tuesday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Calling in from Natuashish

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Visual Soliloquy #306 As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens…

As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens. ~Stephen Graham

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Notakwanon River Monday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #305 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished…

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu

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Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #304 Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul…

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir

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Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #303 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars…

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~Walt Whitman

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Notakwanon River SPOT Friday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #302 After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood…

After all, I don’t see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #301 In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia…

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles A. Lindbergh

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Notakwanon River SPOT Wed.

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #300 Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair…

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~Kahlil Gibran

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Notakwanon River SPOT Tuesday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #299 The poetry of the earth is never dead…

The poetry of the earth is never dead. ~John Keats

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Notakwanon River SPOT tracker Monday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #298 I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright…

I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau

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Notakwanon River SPOT Sunday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #297 Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience…

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Notakwanon River SPOT Saturday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #296 How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains…

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! ~John Muir

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Notakwanon River SPOT Friday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #295 Our heart away from nature becomes hard…

Our heart away from nature becomes hard. ~Standing Bear

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Notakwanon River SPOT Thursday

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #294 What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn…

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn! ~Logan Pearsall Smith

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Notakwanon River SPOT tracker

Where in Labrador are TA, Marian and the rest of the team? Click the link below to see their current location plotted on a map. The team is canoeing the Notakwanon River from source to sea over the period of … Continue reading

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