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Alison Amazed Life is amazing, therefore I am amazed.

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Alison Amazed · 3d ago

Cannellini Bean Salad

Soak overnight and cook 3/4 cup cannellini beans.  After cooking, add a clove of minced garlic and let the beans stand for a day in the fridge in the remaining water (you want water to barely cover the beans, about … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 3d ago

Quinoa with Sweet Potatoes

This is delicious!  I made it this evening and served it with a cannellini bean salad (recipe to follow in future post) and sweet corn on the cob. Cook 3/4 cup quinoain 1 and 1/2 cups water. Bring to boil … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 1W ago

Wild Rice Stir Fry with Spring Root Veggies – For One!

This is so delicious I have to share it with you!  Been getting veggie boxes delivered here, and got some small, white turnips.  Also some yams.  Decided to try a stir fry.  This is what I came up with. Cook … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 2W ago

Galloping Goose Trail to Jam the Blues

Cycled to the Victoria Blues Society Sunday Services yesterday. Used the Galloping Goose route which was just being dreamed about when I first lived here in the early 1990′s. Stopped to admire this view of the Gorge Waterway. Had a … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 2W ago

Beacon Hill Park, Heaven in the Springtime

I first visited Victoria in about 1974 – came here on a summer holiday with my parents.  I fell in love with Beacon Hill Park.  It was summer time and the rose bushes were in full bloom. All these years … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 3W ago

How do you know you’re in Canada?

Walking home last night from a Swamp Blues jam session, this scene caught my eye… So what’s so special about this?  What’s so distinctly Canadian?  Is it the flowers in the foreground?  Is it the darkened café, lights dimmed to … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 3W ago

Cheezburger

Ah shucks – gotta lighten up after all that A-Z-ing! Now here’s her fella doing the dishes after having her over for dinner! Turn on to icanhascheezburger.com   Related articles Changes at Cheezburger (news.icanhascheezburger.com) Would You Watch The I Can … Continue reading &...
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Alison Amazed · 3W ago

Life in the (artistic) Zone

“Can I have your ticket please?” I show the young woman with the stylish hair-cut my Royal B.C. Museum ticket, the one I paid $15.00 plus GST for. “No,  your ticket with a word printed on it…look….”  She deftly produces  … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 3W ago

YMCA

I’ve never actually lived  at the YMCA, although I have stayed in their hotels/hostels.  More importantly, I’ve been a member of the Y in both Montreal and Victoria, and both times my life was enriched by the experience. In Victoria, … Continue reading →
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Alison Amazed · 3W ago

X Rated Living with eXtreme Sports

Here we are at the letter ‘X’ and I can honestly say I’ve never – in the 100+ places I’ve lived -  lived anywhere that starts with the letter ‘X’.  I haven’t even lived an X-rated lifestyle – that I’m … Continue reading →
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