Tag Archives: 2012

Churchill River Camp Three SPOT Report

TA Latitude:53.15319 Longitude:-62.59439 GPS location Date/Time:07/22/2012 19:35:28 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Churchill River (Labrador) Canoe Expedition. Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/8lFeR/53.15319N/62.59439W If the above link does not work, try this link: TA You … Continue reading

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Audio Post From Churchill River #2

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Churchill River Camp Two SPOT Report

TA Latitude:53.20555 Longitude:-63.17749 GPS location Date/Time:07/21/2012 16:43:00 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Churchill River (Labrador) Canoe Expedition. Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/8k66P/53.20555N/63.17749W If the above link does not work, try this link: TA You … Continue reading

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Audio Post From Churchill River #1

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Churchill River Camp One SPOT Report

TA Latitude:53.42689 Longitude:-63.63092 GPS location Date/Time:07/20/2012 16:59:40 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Churchill River (Labrador) Canoe Expedition. Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/8j6Yc/53.42689N/63.63092W If the above link does not work, try this link:

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In the Big Land

After a two hour ferry ride, about 100 km of pavement and 500 km of gravel highway, we arrived in Goose Bay, Labrador this evening. As the backseat rider I read seven magazines and my entire 321 page book so … Continue reading

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Almost to Labrador

The expedition team had a good day of driving. 12 hours of driving have landed us in St. Barbe with a ferry across the Labrador Straits in the morning. I’m looking forward to driving the new road all the way … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #535 Life is a series of summits and setbacks. The way we deal with both is equally important because we can’t have one with the other…

Life is a series of summits and setbacks. The way we deal with both is equally important because we can’t have one with the other. -TA Loeffler 🙂

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Visual Soliloquy #534 Everything in life is a risk of some sort. Many climbers have been seriously hurt or killed driving home from the hills…

Everything in life is a risk of some sort. Many climbers have been seriously hurt or killed driving home from the hills. Climbing holds can break unexpectedly, but lightning also strikes. Most people exist so swaddled against danger, measuring out … Continue reading

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Whatever Comes, Comes.

A week ago I was flying to Edmonton to mourn the loss of my grandmother and now, seven days later, I am propped up in my chair with ice on my right knee. In less than a blink of time, … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #533 In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing…

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. ~Robert Ingersoll

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Blossom of Snow May You Bloom and Grow

Luther Burbank said that, “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” As I look and see the pink carnations here, I can’t help but think of Oma Frida as … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #532 No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories…

No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories. ~Chris Sorensen

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Visual Soliloquy #531 All before my little room; And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink…

All before my little room; And in my flower-beds, I think, Smile the carnation and the pink. –Rupert Brooke One of Oma’s favourite flowers was the carnation. She had pink carnations in her wedding bouquet.

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Visual Soliloquy #530 Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal…

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland

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Visual Soliloquy #529 Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break…

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare

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Visual Soliloquy #528 When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight…

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran

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Visual Soliloquy #527 Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light…

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. ~Jean Giraudoux

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Visual Soliloquy #525 Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised…

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. –Denis Waitley

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Visual Soliloquy #526 The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that…

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that. –Norton Jester  

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Visual Soliloquy #524 We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong…

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect. –Aldo Leopold

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Visual Soliloquy #523 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle…

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. ― Plato

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Visual Soliloquy #522 Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen…

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. –Winston Churchill

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Visual Soliloquy #521 If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again…

If one’s dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. –Flavia Weedn

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Onto the Next…the George River

So…last night I finally finished unpacking from my Greenland expedition. It wasn’t my fault, really. You see, I came home to a canoe in the living room. And that canoe was really a bit too big for the living room … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #520 I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed…

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #519 I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious…

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. -Albert Einstein

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Visual Soliloquy #518 It is very difficult to generalize. Everyone’s adventure is original…

It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone’s adventure is original. –Bernard Pivot

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Visual Soliloquy #517 Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down…

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. –Ray Bradbury

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Visual Soliloquy #516 My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever…

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” ― George R.R. Martin

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Visual Soliloquy #515 Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you…

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated not by a single burst of energy or effort, but by consistent application of the best you have within you. –Og Mandino Congratulations to the WOKies on our fourth anniversary of our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #514 Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever…

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. –Lance Armstrong

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Visual Soliloquy #513 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion…

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

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MUN Today: HKR professor takes teachable moments to a whole new level

By Michelle Osmond (MUN Today May 31, 2012) “Imagine looking out at vistas of only white and blue with a horizon line that parts only these two colours and that you ski toward for days at a time.” This is … Continue reading

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Greenland Redux Number Three: Delivering a Polar Bear

I delivered a polar bear this week. Albeit a relatively small one. Without much bite and with lots of soft fur to a Grade Four class at Bishop Abraham School in St. John’s. This group of explorers in training under … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #512 Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow…

Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be – like the reality of yesterday – an illusion tomorrow. –Luigi Pirandello

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Visual Soliloquy #511 Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world…

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #510 As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion…

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion. ― Pema Chödrön

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Visual Soliloquy #509 Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity…

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our … Continue reading

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Visual Soliloquy #508 The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves…

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. ― Pema Chödrön

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