Your Sunday Story: Small stories from simpler days

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 • 

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THE LOSS OF OUR FIRST PET

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

Aug 17 • 

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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 • 

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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 • 

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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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THE SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE

The faint smells of paints, thinners, epoxies, mothballs, and fiberglass insulation lingered in the air, declaring to the world that this was indeed the…

Jun 15 • 

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May 2025

THE NIGHT OUT

We finally pulled into the parking lot of the intended eatery, and I saw where we were...

May 25 • 

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WHEN MOM PLAYED ‘REFRIGERATOR TETRIS’

Somehow, she managed to fit everything in the refrigerator...

May 11 • 

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SATURDAY MORNING ROLLER DERBY

Wild, woolly, fast and furious, I always looked forward to watching professional Roller Derby...

May 4 • 

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April 2025

THE DOGS AND THE SUGAR BUSH

Dad’s dog and the neighbour dog became the best of friends...

Apr 20 • 

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THE WOODCUTTER’S PHILOSOPHY

Firewood was an essential part of our father’s life growing up...

Apr 6 • 

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