The Lilac Booth, Part 1 (Encore)
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Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
37 min
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Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone. in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and then you fall asleep. I'm Catherine Nicolai. I write and read all the stories you hear on Nothing Much Happens. Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim. We are bringing you an encore episode tonight, meaning that this story originally aired at some point in the past. It could have been recorded with different equipment in a different location. And since I'm a person... and not a computer, I sometimes sound just slightly different. But the stories are always soothing and family-friendly, and our wishes for you are always deep rest and sweet dreams. In the complex and ever-changing world of podcasting, The most meaningful way to help us keep these stories coming, if that's something that matters to you, is to become a premium subscriber.
It costs about 10 cents a day, and I spent a few minutes trying to figure out what a person could even buy with 10 cents. Maybe a single button in a thrift shop? Possibly a small piece of candy. Even a nail or a screw costs more. So it's a small thing, but it makes a big difference. And you get a lot for it. Our entire catalog with no ads. Dozens of bonus and extra long episodes with more coming every month. If you're interested, there are links in our show notes. Or head to good old nothingmuchappens.com. Now, here is how you will fall asleep. Just by listening to my voice, by following along with the general shape of the story I have for you, we will shift your brain out of its tendency to wander. We'll give it a place to land.
And each time you listen, you'll train it to respond more quickly and easily. The shift from default mode to task positive mode will send you on your way to Snoozeville. I'll tell the story twice, and I'll go a little slower the second time through. If you wake later in the night, don't hesitate to turn the story back on. Our story tonight is called The Lilac Booth, and it's a story about a spring morning at a familiar farmhouse. It's also about bullfrogs and garden clogs, old faces collected from friends, armfuls of fresh flowers driving with the windows down on a warm day. and the small decisions that add up to a new path in life.
Now, it's time to rest. Devices down and lights out.
Settle as comfortably as you can into your bed and feel how good it is to be about to fall asleep. You have done enough for the day. Officially, it was enough. There's nothing to do now but sleep. Take a deep breath in through your nose. Let it out your mouth. Nice. One more. Breathe in. And out.
Good. The lilac booth. My favorite time of year was here.
The short weeks at the end of April and through the beginning of May. But a step outside my back door would deliver me a lungful of the sweetest smelling air these acres held. And that's saying something. Because life out here, on the edge of the woods, near a creek where bullfrogs jug a rum and foxes sleep among the ferns, where stars stand out brightly against the midnight sky, is already pretty sweet. It's strange how a casual left turn down a dirt road many years ago had led me to this new life. I'd been out on a springtime caper And I do mean that in the thieving sense of the word.
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