Your Sunday Story: Small stories from simpler days

November 2025

THE CAT WHO FOUND US

Being animal lovers, nobody did anything to discourage our little visitor...

Nov 30

THE REVENGE OF THE VENDING MACHINES

Vending machines are the “Rodney Dangerfield” of the machine world...

Nov 16 • Keith Schell

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OLD IDA AND THE HALLOWEEN NOBODY CAME

And then we saw it—illuminated by the glow of the porch light...

Nov 2 • Keith Schell

October 2025

THE COMIC BOOK PURCHASE

Then came the agonizing moment of truth: the purchase...

Oct 26 • Keith Schell

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September 2025

THE LITTLE FOOD CRITIC

She insisted on the best and would never settle for anything less...

Sep 28 • Keith Schell

WE WERE COOL! WHAT HAPPENED??

Your coolness leaves you bit by bit as you age...

Sep 14 • Keith Schell

August 2025

WE JUST GO THERE

I tried to give him directions, but they weren’t very good...

Aug 31 • Keith Schell

THE LOSS OF OUR FIRST PET

It doesn’t take long for little kids to take an animal into their heart...

Aug 17 • Keith Schell

July 2025

THE HOME BREWED BEER

The men-folk in the family could move pretty fast when they were trying to save their beer...

Jul 27 • Keith Schell

THE POTTY-MOUTHED PARROTS

Everyone eating lunch under the tree burst out laughing at the two cantankerous birds who were cussing each other out...

Jul 13 • Keith Schell

June 2025

THE LONELY OLD MAN

I never truly grasped why my parents wanted me to visit him...

Jun 29 • Keith Schell

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