Canadian Stories, A Folk Magazine Written By or About Canadians

COVER
The Visit by Loreena M. Lee
VIRUS VICTORIES
Terrestial Plagues by Ed Janzen		1
New Realities of Life with COVID-19 by Marilyn Scoville		1
And the World Stopped and What Next? by Glenn Lloyd		3
Surreal by Glenn Lloyd		4
God’s Smiles by Dianne J. Ferris		4
Letter from Audrey Otter		5
Reflections of a Winter Texan on the COVID-19 Virus by Marilyn Scoville		6
Never Before by Glenn Lloyd		7
Think Positive and Pandemic Pluses by Glenn Lloyd		8
The Pandemic of 2020 by Alvin Ens		8
STORIES
My Grandfather’s Magic Trick by Anne J. Fotheringham		9
A Happy Chance by Maricel Canizares.		10
Unlikely Flight by Gail Gifford		12
The Road To Toronto by Paula Brine-Hogan		12
A Card, A Cookie and A Coincidence by Les Johnson		14
Indiglo by Robert English		14
Abundance of the Simple Kind by Shirley Daly Robichaud	Featured Story	15
The Summer of the Crow by Loreena M. Lee		17
Remember Our Old Steam Trains? by Robert J. Patmore		19
A Beautiful Morning by Edith Baranyay		20
First Car, First Job by Merilyn Gorrigan		21
A Lesson in Life by Ruth Schoullar		24
The Math of Poetry by Alvin Ens		24
Christmas Canter by Rosemary L. Rigsby		26
How to Use or Not Use Bear Spray by Robert Scriba		27
Attention Writers announcement		29
A Moose-Terious Story by Donna Quick		29
These My Brethren by Loreen Adams Haldenby		30
Never Let Fear or Common Sense Hold You Back by Margrit de Graff .		31
Winter Caboose; Summer Playhouse by G.S. Eleanor Kolisnyk		34
A Wagon’s Tale by Peter Legg		35
A Child Was Born by David Thwaites		37
My Little Brother Josh by Peter Stiegelmar		39
POETRY
Sandcastles by Loreena M. Lee	Featured Poem	40
God’s Garden by Dorothy Frances Gurney		41
That Weekend and The August Suite by Asoka Weeasinghe		42
One of Life’s Little Ironies by Richard David Briggs		43
The Silent Season! by Richard David Briggs		44
In The Shadow of Summer by Stella Mazur Preda		45
Honouring a Hike Leader by Helen MacDonald		45
Simcoe Day by Patrick Connors		46
A Brief Encounter by Stella Mazur Preda		46
To My Daughter and Fortunate for Little Friends by Eleanor Kolisnyk		47
Morning Musings by Eleanor Koliisnyk		48
Closure by Norma West Linder		48
Mennonite Country in Autumn by James Deahl		49
MORE . . .
For Father’s Day: Once More by Carol D. Loewen		50
The Red Cardinal by Marilyn Scoville		50
Hot Mustard or Regular? by Colin Thornton		51
Oolic’ans on Fishery Bay by Ernie Thiessen		55
In Search of Shan-gri-la by Royden McCoag		57
Middle-Aged White Men are Ruining the World by Patrick Connors		59
Expecting, Cocoon and The Mambo by Asoka Weerasinghe		60
Pantoum by Patrick Connors		61
Chief Marsden’s House by Marcel Gervais		61
Oh Canada! by Susanna Voth Wiebe		62
For Mother’s Day: BUT FOR MOM by Ruth Scoullar		63
MEMORIES OF THE ST. JOHN NEW BRUNSWICK CONVENTION 2019 BEFORE AND AFTER
Seafood and Salt Water by Peter C. Joyce		64
After the Conference by Robert Boyd		66
CANADIAN POETS
Conclusion to the Confederation Poets by James Deahl		68
TRAVEL
Canada Day 2019 by Marilyn Scoville (NS)		70
Take Me to the Kasbah by Peter C. Joyce		71
14TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Untitled by Gloria Jean Hansen		74
Playing Fair by Peter C. Joyce		74
COLUMNS
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		75
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		75
LETTERS		76
Larry Haire		76
2020 Contest Announcement		77
Story Ending Contest		Back Cover