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Visual Soliloquy #761 The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world…

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. – Georges Simenon

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Celebrating with the Grade Four’s at Bishop Abraham School

One of the highlights of last week was visiting the Grade Four classes at Bishop Abraham School here in St. John’s. It was my second visit of the school year and great fun. They followed along daily on my latest … Continue reading

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21 days to Mera Peak, Island Peak and the Amphu Labtsa and counting…

Here is our itinerary for the trip…three weeks and counting.  Training is going well and it’s time to start putting out gear in piles and turning the living room into an expedition staging centre.  My excitement is mounting each day … Continue reading

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22 days to Mera Peak, Island Peak and the Amphu Labtsa and counting…

It’s countdown time again…22 days until we (Marian, Tyler, Christine and I) board the plane at the Kathmandu domestic airport and fly to Lukla to begin our next expedition. It’s a spectacular and terrifying flight to land at what is … Continue reading

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