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...