Alison Garwood Jones

Perspective is so fabulous

Originally published in December 2011 in Blog

Someone said to me the other day, “You look like Amy Fine Collins.” I’ve read Amy Fine Collins. She’s a longtime writer on art, fashion and design for Vanity Fair, one of my favourite magazines. I like her work. I thought she was blonde and sporty, though, but that’s Nancy Collins, a celebrity profiler and [...]

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Hot off the press

Originally published in August 2011 in Blog

Below is the “blogified” version of an article of mine that just hit the newstands. If you want to read the original piece (pictured above), Go “clickety click” right here. But first, I’d like to add a preamble … if you don’t mind. The world is sick. I mean, why do we insist on pushing people’s [...]

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Hot off the press

Originally published in July 2011 in Blog

If there’s one thing that revs my engine, it’s talking to talented people. I’ve said it before, but I chose to become a journalist so I could engage with the best and brightest on a weekly basis. Talented people are what put the spring in my step and ignite my imagination until my own ideas [...]

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Last day

Originally published in June 2011 in Blog

Because I find writing about my dad more fun than crying. Happy Father’s Day, Papa Jones     Our Mt. Rushmore, TGJ (©AGJ) My dad was still hanging in the air inside his home a few hours after he died (it’s now been 12 weeks). I took note of his presence before the march of [...]

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He’s outta here

Originally published in May 2011 in Blog

  The author takes full responsibility for her many spelling mistakes.  ©AGJ This is the only underwear shot you’ll ever see on this website. Sorry guys. Readers of this blog who know my family will immediately recognize the model. “It’s Trevor!” — my dad — they’ll squeal. Yup, like you’ve never seen him before. Dad [...]

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Originally published in March 2011 in Blog

The details

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Originally published in March 2011 in Blog

Thank you, Kathy Thank you, Dan Thank you, Subhash Thank you, Craig

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Trevor Garwood-Jones (1928-2011)

Originally published in March 2011 in Blog

We’ll miss you, Dad.

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Christmas past

Originally published in December 2010 in Blog

Knitting was the last thing my mother knew how to do. I miss her — especially at this time of year.

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Originally published in November 2010 in Blog

Few things amaze me more than the range women’s lives have taken on in the last 100 years. It’s a real A to Z trajectory. When you think that only a century ago women were confined to corsets, shut out of universities and streamlined up the aisle. Now we’re police chiefs and bus drivers and [...]

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