Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups.

In which nothing much happens, you feel good and then you fall asleep.

All stories are written and read by me, Catherine Nicolai, with audio engineering by Bob

Witter Scheim.

Nothing Much Happens is a proud member of the Curious Cast Podcast Network.

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So many of you have told me that you've turned first this, then that, into a daily mantra,

or that you start your day by looking for three good things.

And it's inspired us to create some special pieces with those words.

Order yours today and I'll wrap it up with my own two hands.

Talk in a thank you note and send it out to you.

Now let me say a little about how this podcast works.

I'm going to read you a simple soothing bedtime story.

It's mostly about mood and feeling, so you don't have to keep track of anything as you

listen.

Just let your mind follow along with the sound of my voice.

This will keep it from wandering, and before you know it, you'll be dropping off to sleep.

I'll tell the story twice, and I'll slow down a bit with the second telling.

If you wake again later in the night, you could start the story over.

Or just think back to any part of the story you can remember, especially any part that

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