Tag Archives: 2011

Visual Soliloquy #326 If you don’t get everything you want…

If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want. ~Oscar Wilde

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Visual Soliloquy #325 Learn to…Be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not…

Learn to…Be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ~Henri Frederic Amiel

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Antarctica Countdown 72 Days and Counting: Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

One of the things I love about being in an active training phase is having the discipline to get up early out of bed. With that early deliverance from slumber comfort, comes the rewards of early morning light and sights. … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #324 Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so…

Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. – Belva Davis

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Antarctica Countdown 74 Days and Counting: Six is so Much More than Five

Up early on a Saturday morning and already have my workout in-wahoo. I have a date with three Signal Hills later but for now, I’ll enjoy being done with another strength training session. I’m already seeing dividends of the work … Continue reading

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Antarctica Countdown 75 Days and Counting: Hurricane? Improvise…

I’d planned my workout for today for the afternoon since we had the official opening of our new lecture theatre this morning at work. I forgot to account for the fact that Hurricane Maria was supposed to be barrelling down … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #323 We Learn…

We Learn… 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we discuss 80% of what we experience 95% of what we teach others. … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #322 The difference between try and triumph is a little umph…

The difference between try and triumph is a little umph. ~Author Unknown

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Antarctica Countdown 76 Days and Counting: En”tire”ly Easier

What a difference a week makes…Today’s tire pull was entirely easier (forgive the pun). Instead of needing to stop for exploding calves, it was my max heart rate that called for pause. I can already see and feel progress of … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #321 For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel fo r travel’s sake. The great affair is to move…

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Antarctica Countdown 78 Days and Counting: “Finding the Groove”

Started my second week of training today and could tell I’d had a few days of rest. I saw a small increase in work capacity today and I enjoy feeling stronger already. I’ve been visiting Johnson State College in Johnson, … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #320 Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for..

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. -Epicurus

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Visual Soliloquy #319 Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs…

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. – Henry Ford.  

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Visual Soliloquy #318 We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them…

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein

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Antarctica Countdown 81 Days and Counting: “I’m Getting Better”

Monty Python fans will remember the line from the scene where the town cryer calls out, “Bring out your dead” and the one guy being carried, thought for dead, says “I’m feeling better!” That’s me today with workout five under … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #317 Be not simply good; be good for something…

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

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Antarctica Countdown 82 Days and Counting: “Oh Me Legs”

I’m four days into the new training plan and I can hardly walk. In a good way. Left sitting for any length of time, the lactic acid re-exerts it’s painful magic and I can barely make my legs work. I … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #316 Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are…

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are. – Anas Nin

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Visual Soliloquy #315 Character is defined by the actions you do and the decisions you make when no one is watching…

Character is defined by the actions you do and the decisions you make when no one is watching. -J.C. Watts

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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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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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