Stargazing in the Woods
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Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
32 min
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What is the purpose of the episode and the weekly charity donation?
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Welcome. To bedtime stories. For everyone. In which Nothing much happens. You feel good. Amen. You fall asleep. I'm Kathryn Nikolai. I write and read and All the stories you hear. On nothing much happens. Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim. We give to a different charity each week. And this week we are giving to the Detroit Creativity Project. Bringing free improv programs to school and community centers To build confidence, collaboration, and the social skills that students use daily. Learn more about them in our show notes. For add free bonus content or to join the virtual village through our app. Go to nothing much happens dot com. And this is just a note from me. We sometimes get messages from folks. Saying they wish they could set the show to play all night.
Or to turn off at a certain point. And I want to tell
you that
your podcast player is Almost certainly allows you to do that. So give it a Google, my friend. I want you to have the best possible experience you can with our shows. And sometimes all that requires is typing a question in the search bar and learning What all the buttons do? I'm not even trying to be sassy, I swear. It's just that. You deserve great sleep. And I believe you can have it. No. As always. Let me remind you that That all you need to do now is is lesson. I'll tell our story twice. And I'll go a little slower. The second time through. If you wake again in the night. Don't hesitate
to
push play. And you'll drop right back off. Our story tonight. It's called Stargazing. In the woods.
How does the Detroit Creativity Project support improv in schools?
And it's a story about a few days away from everything. And at the same time. Closer to everything. It's also about flat stones for skipping. An old blanket. Spread under the night sky. and a realigned perspective to take home. After the embers die. So Lights out campers. Snuggle down into your sheets and And get as comfortable as you can. Let your body. Drop. Heavy. Into your mattress. And let me affirm for you. That you have done enough. For the day. Truly. It is enough. Take a deep breath in through your nose. Let it out your mouth. Nice, one more, breathe in. And out. Good. Stargazing. In the woods. There is a kind of quiet. Out in the woods. That is different from the quiet. Of a city. or neighborhood street. Because the woods aren't actually quiet.
There are layers of sound. Coming down from the branches. As birds call. And leaves rustle together. There are layers of sound coming up from the forest floor. As chipmunks race. And deer take sure footed steps. And insects click and buzz. No, the quiet that happens in the woods is Isn't In the woods. It's in us. When we are there. That's what we came for. The quiet that settles deep in the bones. After a few days away from everything else, I Even the things we loved. Sometimes we need space from them too. We made a campsite in a clearing under tall pines. Whose needles made a thick carpet for our tent. Around the grove of trees, the There were pockets
of
open space. Fields where we could walk. Or watch animals. as they moved through their daily routines. Beyond them. Far in the distance. We could see a rising peak. Something That was more than a hill, but
not
quite a mountain. We dug out a place for a fire. And rolled out our sleeping bags. Organized our food. Unsettled camp chairs. In the best spot for watching sunsets. Afterward. We wandered for a bit. and found a fast moving stream. Where I trailed my fingers through the water. Then explored a path down to the lake. Along the way. Gathering a few smooth flat stones. That we would skip with varying levels of success. Across its surface. At night. We watched fireflies. They were like moving constellations. And I found shapes in them the same way. I'd found shapes in the clouds. During the day. All the while. The quiet was settling deeper into my system. I was finding My focus again. Sometimes In the busy blur of work. And home.
And my to do list. My mind struggles. To stay on the path. I carve out for it. I can't sustain my attention.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the purpose of the episode and the weekly charity donation?
0:01–2:54
2
How does the Detroit Creativity Project support improv in schools?
2:54–9:16
3
What is the premise of the “Stargazing in the Woods” story?
9:16–15:20
4
How does the narrator describe the unique quiet of the forest?
15:20–32:33