Jane Macdougall

Vancouver

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Still scribbling for newspapers, magazines and on washroom walls. @janemacdougall.com

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The Bookless Club: What is in your travel arsenal?

2 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall

Opinion: I’m just back from a trip. While I’m on any kind of voyage, I keep a running list of things I should have brought with me. Article contentI’m just back from a trip. While I’m on any kind of voyage, I keep a running list of things I should have brought with me. There’s always some little thing that would have radically improved the experience, so it goes on the list for next time. I keep this list in my emptied suitcase.
I worked at the Bay years ago, and still remember the magic and thrill of the department store

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Jane Macdougall
The Bookless Club: How do you deal with sleeplessness?

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jane Macdougall

Last night, around 2 a.m., I turned on the TV and watched an entire episode of The Flying Nun. Not even Sister Bertrille could help me. So, now I look like hell, and I’m crotchety, too — consider yourself warned. Chores are piling up along with a Mariana Trench of deep resentment of the well-rested. Yes, I’m on another one of my no-sleeping jags. They correlate to nothing. Stress, physical exertion, existential angst, tariff terror — these things are incidental when I’m in a good sleeping phase.
The Bookless Club: What is your horticultural specialty?

1 month ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall

Advertisement 1One morning, maybe while taking out the garbage or picking up an errant flyer that has anchored itself under a dormant shrub, you find yourself migrating into the garden. Article contentI suppose you feel it the same way a robin does. Article contentArticle contentThat strange magnetic impulse that dictates your behaviour without you even recognizing it.
The Bookless Club: Any old-timey edibles that you miss?

1 month ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall |Hugh Dawson

Opinion: There on the tray were four oat encrusted blocks. “Oh my!” I exclaimed. “Matrimonial Squares! Where on earth did you get these?”Article contentThe toddlers were busy dismantling the playroom.
The Bookless Club: What’s your song? And why?

2 months ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall

Opinion: When I think of my dad, I think of the song, "The Red River Valley". Article contentWhen I think of my dad, I think of the song, “The Red River Valley”. Article contentArticle contentArticle contentIt’s an odd association, because he was an accountant, and that song is alternatively known as the Cowboy Love Song.
The Bookless Club: Do you sew, knit or craft?

2 months ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall

Where would you go today if you needed a zipper? Have you bought buttons of late? Name a fabric store today. Article contentThe word “notion” is an odd one. Article contentArticle contentArticle contentWe’ve all had a notion — a conception or a belief about something. Those are pretty common. You know what is uncommon these days? The other kind of notion. As in sewing notion.
The Bookless Club: What does it mean to be Canadian?

2 months ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall

Opinion: Canada, quit it. Stop letting someone dictate our behaviour. We’re better than that. Article contentCome here. Article contentArticle contentArticle contentSit down. Article contentArticle contentI want to talk to you. Article contentArticle contentYou and me, we’re a lot alike. Canadian, eh? What does that mean? Well, it means we like it when people recognize us as Canadians. We like what the Maple Leaf implies. It says we’re reasonable people. That we’re principled. Moderate.
The Bookless Club: Do you attend a house of worship regularly?

2 months ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall |Hugh Dawson

Advertisement 1Canada was once a church-going nation. More than half of us still say that we consider our religious beliefs to be “somewhat or very important” to how we live our lives. Article contentWhen my kids were young I took them to a variety of houses of worship. When I say “young”, I mean “early teens”, and when I say “took”, I mean “dragged”. We went to Hindu mandirs, to special observances at synagogues. We attended Episcopalian Christmas services, as well as high mass in Catholic churches.
The Bookless Club: Dinner dresses? Miss 'em?

2 months ago | vancouversun.com | Jane Macdougall |Hugh Dawson

Advertisement 1The dinner dress’s main feature was its curb appeal — how it looked when viewed from across a table. That was key. Article contentTo the lady in the emerald-green dress with matching high heels having dinner at Boulevard at the Sutton Place Hotel last Sunday night, my apologies. Article contentArticle contentArticle contentWe were staring at you. Ogling, in fact. But that’s only because we were so impressed.

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