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Tag Archives: 2010
Visual Soliloquy #34
Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted. –Unknown
Congratulations to Team Canada
An amazing evening of hockey in front of a sell out crowd in St. John’s. A night not soon forgotten! Team Canada wins the Four Nations Cup in overtime over Team USA.
Barefoot Ascent of PEI’s Highest Point
A few weeks back-well rather a month or so ago, Jane Macgrath and I had a grand hike and talk up and around Signal Hill. It was great to reconnect and share stories and adventures from the academe. We got … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #33
I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart. –Dalai Lama
Posted in Kilimanjaro, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #32
I wear a poppy so that others can see That I respect those who died for me The bright red shows of the blood that was shed For me and for others who live far ahead
Visual Soliloquy #31
Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought. –Alexander Pope And from Rick Mercer…Remember to Remember.
Lessons in Seeing
How do I find the words to describe a week that spanned from the stunningly deep silence of canyon wanderings to the vibrant, almost abusive, cacophonous stimulation of Las Vegas? From a gentle dawning light of day dancing on ever … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #30
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. –Brian Tracy
Posted in Newfoundland, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #29
The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. –Edwin Way Teale
Visual Soliloquy #28
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. –Zhuangzi
Visual Soliloquy #27
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Visual Soliloquy #26
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. –Helen Keller
Visual Soliloquy #25
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. –Norman Maclean
Visual Soliloquy #24
Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #23
Sometimes the more goal-oriented we are, the less likely we are to obtain that goal. If you really, really want something, you have to forget how much you want it. Or else you’ll be too nervous to get it. But … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #22
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #21
Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. –Parker Palmer
Visual Soliloquy #20
“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.” –Nancy Willard
Posted in Photography, Tibet Bike, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #19
The true measure of one’s worth is not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous
Posted in Kilimanjaro, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes, volcano
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Hat Trick of the Americas: Volcán Tajumulco (4220m)
What is TA climbing next? I had many more clues planned…like this one: and this one: But alas and congrats, the great mystery of what I am climbing next has been solved by MC and Carla. They deciphered the clues: … Continue reading
Your Guess is As Good as Mine
Howdy, So after months of hemming and hawing, sorting and sighing, planning and proposing, looking and logisticating…I’ve finally decided what to climb next BUT I’m not telling just yet. In the spirit of fun and frivolity, I’ve been releasing a … Continue reading
What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #4
Alright! Things are heating up in the guessing department. I’m loving how you are all catches some of the subtle clues in the images and putting it together with some google or bing action to come up with all new … Continue reading
What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #3
OK. I know many of you are dying to know. Feeling impatient and wanting me to just spill the beans. Here is another clue to help you guess what I am climbing next…put all the pieces together from the images … Continue reading
What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #2
We all know I love hockey. Probably more than I love climbing mountains (but don’t tell anyone). I usually like to play forward but on Fridays I play D. I love to score but even more, I love to deliver … Continue reading
What’s TA Climbing Next? Clue #1
So after months of hemming and hawing, sorting and sighing, planning and proposing, looking and logisticating…I’ve finally decided what to climb next BUT I’m not telling just yet. In the spirit of fun and frivolity, I’ll release a photo clue … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #18
It’s Wear Purple Day so I only thought it fitting that I find a photograph that wears some too!
Visual Soliloquy #17
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Nepal, photography, Prayer Flag, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #16
The day was here. The woman stopped rocking in her chair. Pushing off the arms, she stood. She swayed some but caught her balance. She looked back towards the front door. She looked out to the awakening day. Her decision … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #15
The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do … Continue reading
Wanted: Unconditional Confidence
Howdy, Sunday has rolled around again. After a year’s hibernation, I’m back attending a Buddhist retreat this weekend called, “Wisdom in Everyday Life.” I’m appreciating being back within the community of the Sangha, which has been a critical part of … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #14
“Our life is an endless journey… The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road.” – Chögyam Trungpa
Visual Soliloquy #13
The summit in view So high in the air, Congrats to Eric For standing there! Eric Larsen summitted Mount Everest this morning completing his Save the Pole Expedition. He skied to the South Pole, then the North Pole and then … Continue reading
Posted in Everest 2010, Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Eric Larsen, Everest, photography, Quotes, Save the Poles
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Visual Soliloquy #12
That there is a place somewhere in the middle-not the middle of the road but the middle way-someplace found my touching the edges to find the boundary of the possible-and then easing to a space that allows all possibilities and … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, photography, Quotes, Tibet Mountain Bike
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Visual Soliloquy #11
Mountains are my teachers. I teach like the mountains teach me. With vision. With struggle. Asking students to reach up for an unknown sky, I ask for mindful engagement–for to climb or teach or learn without, leads to disaster.
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Annapurna, Nepal, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #10
An Open Gate in Chile In Honour of Miners Freed Welcome Home
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Chile, miners, photography, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #9
Mountains are both solid and moving. They are steady, wise, and seemingly unyielding while at the same time they are changing through erosion and time.
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Everest, Khumbu, Nepal, photography, Pumori, Quotes
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Visual Soliloquy #8
You are exactly where you need to be, exactly on schedule. Continue to seek experiences that move you and to create experiences that move others.
Of Maps and Sweat Equity
Happy 10.10.10 and Happy Thanksgiving, I don’t think I was all that clear last week when I announcing my new approach to weekly updates. For those folks who’ve been receiving your updates via gmail, you don’t need to join Facebook-sorry … Continue reading
Visual Soliloquy #7
Remember to be creative and risk-taking in all that you do. Your greatest potential for growth comes with the greatest risk.
Visual Soliloquy #6
Continue on your path. Allow the light in and around you. Deepen your faith and your connection to the light. And to all persons in which the light is reflected to you.
Posted in Photography, Visual Soliloquy
Tagged 2010, Grand Canyon, photography, Quotes
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TA Loeffler's Adventures that Move 