Welcome to bedtime stories for everyone in which nothing much happens. You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nikolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Widdersheim.

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.

I'm about to tell you a bedtime story

to help you relax and ease your mind into sleep.

The story is simple and not much happens in it,

and that is the idea.

Just let your mind follow along with the details of what you hear and the sound of my voice.

I'll tell the story twice,

and I'll go a bit slower the second time through.

If you find that you are still awake at the end of the second telling, not to worry, that's just fine. You can listen again, or just walk yourself back through any of the details that you remember.

And before you know it, you'll be sinking down into deep and restful sleep.

This is a kind of brain training and the more you do it the more your sleep will improve. So be patient if you are

new to this. Our story tonight is called fall foraging.

It's a story about the first signs of the changing season

and the foods that go along with it.

It's also about a tart, lemony spice

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