Hosted by Tom Cooper - Storyteller · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 18 episodes
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Warm, high-spirited small-town Canadian tales set largely in the fictional hamlet of Clarence Mills, Ontario. These spoken-word stories follow a well-meaning senior citizen whose boundless enthusiasm routinely outruns his caution. Sensible plans gather speed. Minor adjustments escalate politely out of control. Everyday life becomes unexpectedly heroic, occasionally damp, and rarely dull. Told with gentle self-mockery and deep affection for rural living, each tale stands proudly alone — old-fashioned storytelling delivered out loud, wherever you may be listening.
Tom Cooper - Storyteller hosts My Laughable Life: Stories Best Heard Out Loud, a comedy show with 18 episodes published.
There comes a point in a man’s senior years when he’s tempted to ask… Do I still have a sense of style… or do I merely remember having one? The trouble is, those two feelings can be very easily confused—especially once c
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I’ve always believed there are two kinds of drivers in this world. Those who think the speed limit is merely a suggestion… and those who believe it’s a sacred promise made between themselves, the highway department, and—
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Before we get going, I should probably offer a small, neighborly warning. This story starts out innocently enough—with memories… the joys of childhood… and the strange things we choose to remember… along with the even st
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Welcome back. We’re officially into Volume 3 now, which means we’ve unpacked, found the good mugs, and decided to set sail once again on another collection of perfectly avoidable misadventures. I may be accused of being
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This story began the way so many of my Clarence Mills adventures do—innocently. My wife Jane bought herself an SUV, named it Pearl, and decided it would remain in showroom condition every single day… despite living where
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This comes from one of those moments when good intentions, artistic ambition, and basic household safety all collide in the same living room. My wife Jane decided—very generously—that the perfect fiftieth anniversary gif
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This is proof that not every great idea in Clarence Mills actually went anywhere. Some of them… quite literally… stopped almost as soon as they started. What began as a perfectly innocent errand—buying eggs—quickly led t
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This is my proof—absolute proof—that Clarence Mills is not stuck in the past… even if it sometimes looks that way from a distance. In this tale from Clarence Mills, modern technology arrives with great promise: artificia
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This comes from a period in my life when sleep and I were no longer on speaking terms. Once insomnia settled in, it had a way of making even the most questionable ideas feel perfectly reasonable—particularly at two in th
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I suppose everyone’s a bit vain. Even me, if I’m being honest. In this tale from Clarence Mills, an attempt to stay connected collides with the quiet realities of aging—where old-school workarounds meet modern expectatio
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There was a time—not all that long ago—when I believed I had at least a passing familiarity with the younger generation. I understood ambition. I understood energy. I even understood, in principle, progress. And then I o
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After fifteen years away, returning to a southeastern Ontario winter felt almost nostalgic. Almost. There’s something about that first winter back that tests a person—not dramatically, not heroically, but steadily. Quiet
Show notesA fiftieth wedding anniversary should be safe territory. Golden speeches. Long marriages. Canoe stories retold with improved heroism. Family members rediscovering one another in that warm, forgiving glow that only five d
Show notesBefore we go any further, I feel compelled to say that this is the story of a young boy being completely outmatched. Not by ideology. Not by doctrine. But by something of such disproportionate scale that, in my mind at l
Show notesThere comes a moment in every young man’s life when he decides it is time. Time to step forward. Time to take responsibility. Time to join the ranks of those who shave. In this tale from Clarence Mills, youthful ambition
Show notesThere is nothing quite like returning home to your roots with naïve enthusiasm. New beginnings. Fresh starts. Community spirit. A colourful booklet promising livestock, pageantry, midway delights, and the wholesome optim
Show notesI didn’t, in my golden years, set out to become particularly skilled at dressing—or undressing. All I ever wanted was to stay warm, stay comfortable, and carry on as I had for the previous half century. But somewhere alo
Show notesThere comes a moment in life when you realize the problem isn’t your eyesight. It’s logistics. What begins as a perfectly sensible attempt to see clearly evolves—slowly, logically, and entirely reasonably—into a system.
Show notesIt began, as most things in Clarence Mills do, with a perfectly reasonable idea. There’s something deeply satisfying about making a smart financial decision—the kind that makes you stand a little taller and feel you’ve f
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