Tag Archives: 2011

What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 8

Another clue for the first climb…glad folks have started to work together because this is being harder to crack than I imagined it would be…on the plus side, we’re breaking records for site visitations left, right, and centre. I had … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #135 The most common way people give up their power…

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. – Alice Walker

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 7

OK…thinking that I need to get a bit more concrete with the clues…here’s a chance to put two and two together to come up with peak number two…or at least a significant clue towards peak/high point number two…guess away!

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Visual Soliloquy #134 It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed…

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never have tried to succeed. – Theodore Roosevelt

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 6

OK Peeps…One’s been guessed…I’ll let the cat out of the proverbial bag and say that there are three peaks that were, at first, in fairly close temporal proximity but are now slightly spread out time wise but not necessarily geography … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #133 I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances…

I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. —Martha Washington

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 5

OK…so maybe it’s been a bit too tough…clues a bit obscure, details a little short…here’s a recap of the clues thus far…you’re looking for high points…and I’ve circled the part of the photograph that was the clue…see if this gets … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #132 Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way…

Today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. – Dr Seuss

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 4

Alright…here is the fourth clue…can you put all the pieces together? The clues are coming from my own photo library so you may have to think outside the box to get it all to fit. Get your google fingers going … Continue reading

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Running Towards the Biting Phone

The Tibetan Plateau muted my senses. Its colour palette draws most strongly from the autumn family of ochres, tans, beiges, browns, but there are also the most intense sky and water blues imaginable. Other than blue, there were no bright … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy # 131 Self-trust is the first secret of success…

Self-trust is the first secret of success. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What’s TA Climbing Next II? Clue 3

Here’s clue three…remember since the clues are coming from my own photo library you have to think creatively and put many pieces together! Get your problem-solving thinking caps on. Post your guesses in the comments section below…the person who guesses … Continue reading

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What’s TA climbing Next II…Clue 2

Here’s clue two…remember since the clues are coming from my own photo library you have to think broadly and laterally! Get your creative thinking caps on. Post your guesses in the comments section below…the person who guesses the correct mountain(s) … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #130 Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade…

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade. — Constance Baker Motley

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What’s TA Climbing Next II?

What’s TA climbing Next? That’s the question on many people’s minds (and has been on mine for months). We had such fun guessing the last time, I thought I would offer up the game again this time. The clues may … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #129 If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it…

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. — Margaret Fuller

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Visual Soliloquy #128 Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them…

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” —Louisa May Alcott

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Visual Soliloquy #127 Appreciation is the highest form of prayer…

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. Alan Cohen

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Visual Soliloquy #126 To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe…

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France

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Visual Soliloquy # 125 The greatest mistake you can make in life…

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make a mistake. – Elbert Hubbard  

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Visual Soliloquy #124 The greatest discovery of my generation…

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. – William James

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Visual Soliloquy #123 Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you…

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #122 I was going again because I had need of courage and inspiration…

I was going again because I had need of courage and inspiration and because on the high mountains I find them as nowhere else. –Dora Keen

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Visual Soliloquy # 121 A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing…

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw

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Visual Soliloquy #120 Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day …

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day – like writing a poem or saying a prayer. –Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Visual Soliloquy #119 Do you wish to be great?

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #118 A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible…

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #117 A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection…

A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living. –Rudolf Steiner

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Visual Soliloquy #116 All great achievements require time…

All great achievements require time. – Maya Angelou

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Visual Soliloquy #115 Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make…

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make –Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Visual Soliloquy #114 An authentic life is the most personal form of worship…

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. –Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Visual Soliloquy #113 What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? –Robert H. Schuller

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Keri at the Grammys!

Keri had an amazing evening at the Grammys and will soon be a role model for physical activity on the Red Carpet (and elsewhere!).  Go Keri Go…you make us all smile and bubble with joy and remind us that sometimes, … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #112 For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards…

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. –Leonardo da Vinci

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Visual Soliloquy # 111 Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make…

Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.–Robert Fulghum

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Visual Soliloquy #110 Fear is the highest fence…

Fear is the highest fence. –Dudley Nichols

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Visual Soliloquy #109 Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water…

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #108 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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Visual Soliloquy # 107 Be not simply good; be good for something…

Be not simply good; be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau

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Visual Soliloquy #106 Realise that true happiness lies within you…

Realize that true happiness lies within you. – Lucian

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