My Notes & Scribbles
Under Renovation
The “Blog” section of my personal website is under renovation. I have left a few older posts up (below). More will be coming as this turns into a regular personal essay space.
H. M. Sylvia Nixon 1921 – 2011
After a long adventure Mum is safely docked in her final harbour: at rest after over 90 years of joys, sorrows, storms and bright shining sunrises. A sailor home from the seas. Mum’s full obituary can be read here:…
Remembrance Day
My son and are with my Mother at Cairnsmore Place in Duncan, B.C. Along with her we watched the Remembrance Day ceremonies on CBC. Mum watched and dozed a little. I held her hand as the Last Post played. By the Duncan train station, where VIA Rail no longer runs, in…
A review of my recent poetry chapbook
From Northern Poetry Review Cactus Press [To read the full review please click here] Reviewed by Jacob McArthur Mooney The Ontario chapbook publisher Cactus Press recently released a fresh crop of four chapbooks by a diverse and very competent quartet of new (and…
Please accept my congratulations on your first day in office.
>>> “Edward Nixon, EN Consulting” 01/12/2010 4:02 pm >>> Mayor Ford: I had the pleasure of talking with you briefly at City Hall last week. Please accept my congratulations on your first day in office. I think we all want subways. A…
2010 Mayoral Campaign Notes – the last weeks of the ground war.
A lot has already been written about what went wrong with George Smitherman’s mayoral campaign, with John Lorinc’s post-election day piece in the Globe and Mail being perhaps one of the most widely read. Post-election media reflections of the Smitherman campaign…
Occaissonal Poems & Creative Non-Fiction Poems on request.
Edward Nixon
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