Episodes
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Sheila Stories #008 -- Waiting -- with storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Sheila Stories #008 -- Waiting
In Thomas’s world:
Thomas reveals to Chris the source of the Sheila Stories.
And in Sheila’s world:
As the war in Europe rages, Sheila follows the news closely to learn what happens to Colin McKechnie and the Eighteenth Brigade.
About the Storyteller
Pat lives in Austin. He likes to cook dinner with his wife, listen to any kind of good music, and take long walks in beautiful places.
Pat is the author of four Joe Robbins novels and a college crime story titled Only Yes Means Yes. You can find Pat’s work on Amazon under his author name Patrick Kelly. Learn more about Pat’s writing at his website:
https://www.patrickkellystories.com/
About the Sheila Stories
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these characteristics excites you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Sheila Stories #007 -- Fresh Faces and Crisp Uniforms
In Thomas’s world:
April surprises Thomas when she invites Chris to join them for the nightly telling of the Sheila Stories.
And in Sheila’s world:
Sheila surfs the beaches south of Brisbane on holiday and receives some big news from Colin McKechnie.
About the Storyteller
Pat lives in Austin. He likes to cook dinner with his wife, listen to any kind of good music, and take long walks in beautiful places.
Pat is the author of four Joe Robbins novels and a college crime story titled Only Yes Means Yes. You can find Pat’s work on Amazon under his author name Patrick Kelly. Learn more about Pat’s writing at his website:
https://www.patrickkellystories.com/
About the Sheila Stories
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these characteristics excites you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Sheila Stories #006 -- A Fast and Steady Ride -- with storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Sheila Stories #006 -- A Fast and Steady Ride -- with storyteller Pat Kelly
In Thomas’s world:
Thomas and Chris have a second more intimate conversation.
And in Sheila’s world:
While riding her pony Kirra in the Western Downs, Sheila is pulled into the flash flood created by a violent storm.
About the Storyteller
Pat lives in Austin. He likes to cook dinner with his wife, listen to any kind of good music, and take long walks in beautiful places.
Pat is the author of four Joe Robbins novels and a college crime story titled Only Yes Means Yes. You can find Pat’s work on Amazon under his author name Patrick Kelly. Learn more about Pat’s writing at his website:
https://www.patrickkellystories.com/
About the Sheila Stories
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these characteristics excites you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Sheila Stories #005 -- Dingoes -- with storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Sheila Stories #005 -- Dingoes -- with storyteller Pat Kelly
In Thomas’s world:
Natalie and April surprise Thomas as they seek to bring Chris closer into the family.
And in Sheila’s world:
On a prospecting trip to the Western Downs, Sheila’s truck breaks down and she must wait overnight for help. Then the dingoes arrive.
About the Storyteller
Pat lives in Austin. He likes to cook dinner with his wife, listen to any kind of good music, and take long walks in beautiful places.
Pat is the author of four Joe Robbins novels and a college crime story titled Only Yes Means Yes. You can find Pat’s work on Amazon under his author name Patrick Kelly. Learn more about Pat’s writing at his website:
https://www.patrickkellystories.com/
About the Sheila Stories
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these characteristics excites you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Sheila Stories #004 -- The Stock and Station Agent
In Thomas’s world:
Chris Carbone—an attractive woman in her thirties—moves into the spare apartment, a development that Thomas finds awkward.
And in Sheila’s world, she continues to expand her holdings which piques the interest of a stock and station agent named Colin McKechnie.
Read the story in its entirety without commentary at patrickkellystories.com
About the Storyteller
Pat lives in Austin. He likes to cook dinner with his wife, listen to any kind of good music, and take long walks in beautiful places.
Pat is the author of four Joe Robbins novels and a college crime story titled Only Yes Means Yes. You can find Pat’s work on Amazon under his author name Patrick Kelly. Learn more about Pat’s writing at his website:
https://www.patrickkellystories.com/
About the Sheila Stories
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these characteristics excites you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Sheila Stories #003 -- The Eastern Brown Snake -- with Storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
In Thomas's world:
Thomas interviews a woman-Chris Carbone-as a prospective tenant for the spare apartment, but he is intimidated because she is attractive. However, Natalie and April fall in love with Chris’s dog, Trixie.
And in Sheila's world:
Sheila expands her operation by purchasing a dairy farm where she comes face to face with a deadly Eastern Brown Snake.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Sheila Stories #002 -- Darling Downs -- with Storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
In Thomas' world:
Natalie and April beg their father to allow them to have a dog like the one in the first Sheila story, but Thomas is reluctant because of the cost.
And in Sheila's world:
In the second story, Sheila struggles to ride a pony and realizes she needs the help of Tom and his family to survive as a farmer.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Sheila Stories #001 -- On to Toowoomba -- with Storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
A widower named Thomas seeks to create a strong female role model for his two daughters—Natalie and April—by telling them the Sheila Stories.
In the first story, Sheila Wright, at the age of eighteen, travels from her home in Sydney to Toowoomba, Queensland, with the intention of buying a sheep farm.
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Intro to Sheila Stories with Host and Storyteller Pat Kelly
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
Do you love Australians?
Do you love the greatest generation? The men and women who did their part to fight and win World War II?
Or maybe you just love adventure stories with a strong female lead.
If any of these describes you, listen in because you’ll love the Sheila Stories.
Here is a quick overview:
The framework is a classic story within story:
The outer layer is formed by a widower—Thomas—and his two young daughters, Natalie and April. Thomas is concerned because the girls don’t have a strong female figure in their lives, so he starts telling them the Sheila Stories, a series of adventures involving an Australian woman in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s.
But Sheila is no ordinary woman
At the age of eighteen, she comes into some money and leaves a comfortable home in Sydney to buy a sheep farm in Queensland.
At that’s just the beginning for during the course of the stories, Sheila
Befriends aboriginal farm workers
Learns to shoot a rifle
Almost drowns
Fights dingos and a poisonous snake
Buys a ten thousand acre cattle station
Dances to big band music in Toowoomba
Joins the Australian Women’s Army Service in WW 2
Drives an ambulance
Risks her life to save another
Helps disabled servicemen
Marries a soldier
Moves to America
Runs a bed and breakfast in Cape May New Jersey
Teaches patience to a child
And opens a surf shop
I invite you to put your cares aside for thirty minutes a week and join me on a great journey.
Strike out to find your fortune at the age of eighteen.
Fight for a worthy cause.
Fall in love.
Experience the heartbreak of loss.
Laugh. Cry. Feel the salt air on your face as you ride your surfboard on the beaches of Sydney.
You just might have the time of your life.
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Stealing Home, a feel great story by Ray Morrison
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
Tuesday Jan 08, 2019
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