Canadian Stories, A Folk Magazine Written By or About Canadians

COVER
The Beginning of a Creative Wood Carver by Asoka Weerasinghe		1
STORIES
The Night I Shot the Bull by Dave Loewen		2
Two Stories: The Whetstone and Blackwater Camp by Elaine Durst		2
A Winter Campout by E.R. Nicodemus		4
Kindred Spirits by Ada Grier		5
Punch Lines by Norma West Linder		5
A December Diary by Eileen M. Harris		6
Various by Kay Parley		11
Two Stories by students of Sanda Phinney:
Lemon Ginger Tea by Isabella Dauber		11
The First Communion by Ausilia (Josey) Pidborochynski		11
The Rock by Ed Janzen		12
The Winds by Deborah Groom		12
AWeek of Frustration for this Senior by Marilyn Scoville		13
Two Stories: Mini, Mini and A Home Invasion by Marilyn Scoville		14
Two Stories: A Weekend with Bruce and The Miracle of Spring by Loreen Adams Haldenby		16
Westward Ho by Peter C. Joyce		17
Object Matrimony by Margrit de Graff		20
POETRY
Yogini Haiku (continued) by Asoka Weerasinghe		22
April by Robert R. English		24
Eternal Spring by Paula Brine-Hogan	Featured Poem	25
My England by Paula Brine-Hogan		26
The Train by Lorna Wilson		26
Tribute to My Aunt by Lorna Wilson		27
Aunt Jennie’s Old Farmhouse by Carol Garvie		28
Spring by Margrit de Graff		28
Watching Clouds Spin Upside Down by Carol Garvie		29
Window Shopping by Norma West Linder		29
The Wood Carver and Meditation of the Old Voyageur by Tony Cosier		30
Tribute to George Whipple (1927-2014) by Tony Cosier		31
How to Golf and Have Fun by Glenn Lloyd		32
Corner Caretaker by Robert R. English		32
PERSONAL ESSAY
A Famous Franchise by Eileen M. Harris		33
Characters I Have Known by Ed Janzen	Featured Story	34
The Swedish Academy and the Nobel Prizes by Stig Forshult		38
Let There Be Light by Miguel Ángel Olivé Iglesias		41
FICTION
Aunt Emily by Eileen M. Harris		43
Whilst Walking in the Wood by Peter C. Joyce		47
Alone by Gary E. Miller		47
EXCERPTS
“Hello Cousins!” by Margrit de Graff		48
Two Stories: Stephens: The First Encounter and Shit, Cigars & Comradeship by Hal Studholme		51
“The Boat People” by Margrit de Graff		53
“Shell” by Ed Janzen		55
“The Tale of Two Packards” by Ed Janzen		59
“Poems: A Pilgrimage to Discover Dylan Thomas” by Asoka Weerasinghe		60
BOOK REVIEWS
Travelling the Lost Highway by James Deahl		62
Adder’s-tongues by Norma West Linder		64
MORE POETRY
Labels by Glenn Lloyd		66
No Excuse for Senior Abuse and I Don’t Understand by Glenn Lloyd		67
My Stomach by Glenn Lloyd		68
To Leonard Cohen and O Canada by Miguel Ångel Olivé Iglesias		69
The Lure of Oak Island by Fay Herridge		70
COLUMNS
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		71
Bruno’s Column by Bruno Penner		71
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		71
10TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
The Old Man and the Tailgater by Gary E. Miller		72
Editor’s Postscript		72
2019 Contest Announcement		73
Story Ending Contest		Back Cover