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Author Archives: TA Loeffler
Visual Soliloquy #229 Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes…
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.–Henry … Continue reading
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Visual Soliloquy #228 Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact…
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – William James
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Visual Soliloquy #227 Live every act fully, as if it were your last…
Live every act fully, as if it were your last. – Buddha
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Visual Soliloquy #226 Achievement brings its own anticlimax…
Achievement brings its own anticlimax. – Maya Angelou
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Of Crows, Cats and Cows
It’s funny when life “turns a phrase” on you. Riding a big yellow school bus the other day up the shore, Natelle turned to me and said, “So what was with the baby cow?” “Cow?” I replied. “Yes,” she said, … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #225 Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed…
Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. – Vincent van Gogh
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Visual Soliloquy #224 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 #223 You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures…
You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures. – Charles C. Noble
3rd Kilimanjaro Summit Anniversary
Three years ago today, I stood atop Kilimanjaro with an amazing group of women! Fond memories abound. Happy Anniversary to the WOKies (Women of Kilimanjaro)
Visual Soliloquy #222 Never look back unless you are planning to go that way…
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. – Henry David Thoreau
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Visual Soliloquy #221 Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.” – Albert Schweitzer
” Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing. – Albert Schweitzer
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Visual Soliloquy #220 We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give…
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
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Visual Soliloquy #219 It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final…
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. – Roger Babson
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Visual Soliloquy #218 It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else…
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. – Erma Bombeck
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Visual Soliloquy #217 Do more than believe: practice…
Do more than believe: practice. – William Arthur Ward
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Visual Soliloquy #216 Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it…
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
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Visual Soliloquy #215 Doubt can only be removed by action…
Doubt can only be removed by action. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Of Maps, Penguins, and Toques
I love maps. I love to look at them and dream of being there. Recently, a map of Antarctica I ordered arrived, and already, the corners of the folds are starting to tear because I open and close the map … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #214 It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves…
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – Shakespeare
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Visual Soliloquy #213 Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats…
Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. – Gandhi
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Visual Soliloquy #212 On the stem of memory imaginations blossom…
On the stem of memory imaginations blossom. – Patrick Kavanagh
Visual Soliloquy #211 Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times…
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times–Aeschylus
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Visual Soliloquy #210 Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity…
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur
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Visual Soliloquy #209 Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better…
Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better. – Albert Einstein
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Visual Soliloquy #208 Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely…
Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. – Auguste Rodin
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Visual Soliloquy #207 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much…
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller
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#13 Be grateful to everyone
It’s been a tough yet joyous week. The joy has come in celebrating the achievements of four friends; all of who have worked and trained tirelessly to reach their own personal Everests. One qualified for the world championships in the … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #206 Music in the soul can be heard by the universe…
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. – Lao Tsu
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Alan Arnette Summits Everest for his Mother: Memories are Everything
Congratulations to Alan Arnette who topped out on Mount Everest around 05:00 Nepal time Saturday May 21. Alan, you’ve made your mother very proud and honoured her memory with your achievement today. I tracked Alan via SPOT all afternoon but … Continue reading
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Alan’s Summit Bid
A friend and fellow climber, Alan Arnette is on his Everest summit bid as I type. I’m thrilled that he managed to beat a persistent chest infection to even be able to make the attempt. His motivation and passion for … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #205 Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one…
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. -Eleanor Roosevelt
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Visual Soliloquy #204 Of course I am extra strong, but those who try know that strength and knowledge come with doing…
Of course I am extra strong, but those who try know that strength and knowledge come with doing. –Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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Visual Soliloquy #203 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 #202 I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think…
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates
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Visual Soliloquy #201 If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain.. .
If you don’t scale the mountain, you can’t view the plain. – Chinese proverb
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Visual Soliloquy #200 Live out of your imagination, not your history…
Live out of your imagination, not your history. -Stephen Covey
Ripples in the Pond
When you drop a pebble in a pond, it makes ripples that travel out to the shore and then they refract back until they lose energy and dissipate (or at least that is how I imagine it). When we lead … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #199 I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it…
I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it. –Andrea Corr
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Visual Soliloquy #198 Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom…
Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. –Bertrand Russell
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Visual Soliloquy #197 Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters…
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. –John Lubbock
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