Jane Macdougall

I’m going to take a month off from the weekly question and do something I used to do for the National Post in August. Instead of writing The Bookless Club, I’m going to do a… Read More »EDITH, EYDIE, AND ECTOPLASM

I’m going to take a month off from the weekly question and do something I used to do for the National Post in August. Instead of writing The Bookless Club, I’m going to do a… Read More »ELANOR’S VIOLETS

Now, I can’t verify this story but my source is pretty reliable. Some years ago, my friend was taking his kids on a downtown adventure. One of the stops was the cruise ship terminal. As… Read More »CRUISE CONTROL

There are a variety of approaches to packing. I take the highly academic approach. Well, in theory I take the highly academic approach As one would, I begin with a thoroughly itemized itinerary. I then… Read More »UNPACKING PACKING

My kids tell me I catastrophize. That I have an infuriating capacity to see the dark side of any undertaking. That I float the unlikeliest of developments. Yep. I do. Only I don’t call it… Read More »FREAK ACCIDENTS

Jean jacket, sunglasses, baseball cap. Which is the coolest? You can only choose one. Sunglasses, right? Yeah, nothing says cool like shades. Say you’re setting up a scene in a movie. How do you identify… Read More »THROWING SHADE

We’ve never met. But what if I told you I knew all about you. That I knew stuff about you that you’d probably rather I didn’t know. How do I know this stuff?  We’ll, everybody… Read More »SLAP SHOTS AND LOOSE TALK

Nora Filgiano never wanted a sibling. Nora was an only child. Being an only child suited her just fine. Even on Christmas morning, she was entirely satisfied with the arrangements. The two-to-one ratio made perfect… Read More »SINGLES, EVERYONE?

I was just checking on the temperature in New Delhi. It’s coming up on midnight in the Indian capital as I write this. The temperature is 45 degrees. News reports say that temperatures in northern… Read More »TEMPERS AND TEMPERATURE

Do you ever find yourself craving a curry? Maybe mapo tofu?  Linguine vongole? Or hankering for bibimbap? Several times a year, do you pick up a box of mangoes?  A pineapple? Have you found yourself… Read More »FOOD TODAY