Chef and the Ghost Light

Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep

Wellness Loud

Fiction, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Our story tonight is called Chef and the Ghost Light, and it’s a story in which, fine, I’ll admit, something happens. The jig is up. It’s even a little spooky friends. So if that isn’t your cup of sleepy-time tea, please skip this episode and dive into one of the hundreds of others I’ve written for you. We’ll return to your regular programming next week. This is a story about Halloween Night at the Inn, as party guests dance and cavort. It’s also about lightning over the lake, whirring in the walls, a piece of Village lore rediscovered, and a lone light shining in the darkness. Join Kathryn and friends for a one-night-only live virtual event on Wednesday, November 19th filled with calming bedtime stories, live music, guided journaling, and a few thoughtful surprises. You can tune in from anywhere! Tickets available now at: ⁠https://www.pave.live/nothingmuchhappens ⁠🎟️ Subscribe to our ⁠Premium channel⁠. The first month is on us. 💙 From infant to age 5, Primrose Schools is The Leader in Early Education and Care. Learn more at ⁠PrimroseSchools.com⁠. Go to ⁠AquaTruWater.com⁠ now for 20% off your purifier using promo code NOTHINGMUCH. AquaTru even comes with a 30-day best-tasting water guarantee. We give to a different charity each week and this week we are giving to ⁠Affirmations (Ferndale)⁠, a charity close to my heart and home. Affirmations works to provide a welcoming space where all LGBTQIA+ folks can find support and unconditional acceptance, and where they can learn, grow, socialize and feel safe. ⁠NMH merch, autographed books and more!⁠ ⁠Pay it forward subscription⁠ Listen to our daytime show ⁠Stories from the Village of Nothing Much⁠. ⁠First This, Kathryn’s guided mediation podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get more, nothing much happens with bonus episodes, extra long stories, and ad-free listening,
0:07.3	all while supporting the show you love. Subscribe now.
0:13.6	Who children become is as important as what they know. That belief is at the heart of the
0:20.4	Primrose School's balanced learning approach,
0:24.0	which weaves character development into lessons every day.
0:28.4	Balanced learning goes beyond academics to nurture traits that help children learn what it means
0:34.6	to be a good friend, how to show respect for others, and why it's important to keep
0:40.4	promises. I know firsthand how much early education shapes a life. My own preschools small classes
0:49.8	helped me grow into a curious, kind adult.
0:57.5	Learn more at primrose schools.com.
1:05.3	Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone,
1:09.4	in which nothing much happens.
1:14.4	You feel good, and then you fall asleep.
1:17.6	I'm Catherine Nikolai.
1:24.3	I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.
1:28.9	Audio engineering is by Bob Wittersheim.
1:37.6	We give to a different charity each week, and this week we are giving to Affirmations of Furndale, a charity close to my heart and to my home. Affirmations works to provide a welcoming space
1:47.1	where all LGBTQIA-plus folks
1:50.9	can find support and unconditional acceptance,
1:56.2	where they can learn, grow, socialize, and feel safe.
2:03.0	Learn more about them in our show notes.
2:13.2	We have something special coming up. A live online, nothing much happens show, just a few days before Thanksgiving. It'll be an hour plus of stories, sound, and seasonal magic,
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