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My Friend Roy: World Poetry Day

Alison Karlene

Alison Karlene

Hello! My name is Alison. I have a serious case of the travel bug. I write for Canadian Traveller and Explore, but this travel blog is for my personal adventures.

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Growing up in my red-brick and cedar house, we had a log-burning fireplace. The northern prairies are the type of place where being outside in negative degrees and returning to warmth indoors draws the line between life and death🔥 . It’s not nearly as dramatic here in Vancouver, but I gain a special comfort from my portable electric fireplace, which I bought used off Kijiji for $50 😅 . How do you cozy up against winter’s chill? Accepting all tips (and trips to the Caribbean) now ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Remember that one week it snowed in Vancouver? Good times. ❄️🥶🌊 . #snowmageddon #vancouverbc #canonphotography #vancouversnowstorm2020 #palmtrees #beachlife
How are you surviving #snowmaggedon2020 ☃️? . I’m staying in, drinking soup and trying to fight this NASTY cold that’s kept me down since NYE 🤧 . I might be a ‘Berta girl, but #Vancouver has significantly less snow removal systems and much more wet weather 🥶 . Pls tell me your tips for staying healthy & cozy 🔥❄️ #vancouversnowstorm2020
Seven years ago today, I snapped my spine snowboarding on the French Alps. Here’s what happened. . Explore-mag.com/How-I-broke-my-back-snowboarding-seven-years-ago-today . . . . . #wintersports #snowboarding #travelwriter #livetheadventure #exploremore #sportsinjury #ski #frenchalps #adventuretime #spinalhealth #spinalcordinjury #brokenback #snowboard🏂
Look at how far you’ve come, but don’t lose sight of where you want to go ✨ . Every place I’ve lived feels like a separate part of me: growing up a country girl in a remote northern town, partying as a broke college kid in Kelowna, hussling through university in Kamloops, studying abroad in Seoul, floating from Halifax to Montreal during grad school and finally settling here in Vancouver as a magazine editor 🌃 . I miss parts of each place – especially the people – and when I look back, I’m always surprised by who I was and how I was growing in every part of the journey 🛤 . Do you prefer to look backwards or forwards?
2019 was full of breakups and makeups; career moves and publications; family time I’ll cherish forever; and the best new friendship circle a girl could ask for. This was the year I started consciously choosing the people I want in my life, and letting go of others. I fell in love – multiple times – not the least with my own messy, fun, complicated, beautiful life. . I travelled to NYC, Ireland and California; was published TWICE by @globeandmail; learned oodles through my position at @exploremagazine & graduated with my MFA – and a fully written first draft of my raw, personal, adventurous memoir. . Whether you loved 2019 or hated the entire last decade, I hope you have a happy, healthy 2020 🎉 . . . . #newyears #lookingback #throwback #travelgram #glt #travelphotography #travelwriter #traveltheworld #2020imready #yosemite #jasper #ireland #kingscollege #mastersgrad #yearend #bye2019 #happynewyears

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