Kathryn Nicolai

I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

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This is a form of brain training.

We're conditioning a response that will improve over time.

All you need to do is listen.

I'll tell the story twice, and I'll go a little slower the second time through.

Our story tonight is called April Showers, and it's a story about a cloudy day spent shopping in the village.

It's also about the lovely sound the point of an umbrella makes against cobblestones, a bicycle ride taken just before the rain falls, and the perfect place to settle in and watch once it does.

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