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I want to tell you about another bedtime podcast that I really love, and whose creator I happen to know personally.

The show was called Sleepy, and my podcast

buddy, Otis Gray, is the host. Behind the scenes, he and I have cheered each other on through the

years, and I'm always so impressed by what he creates. Sleepy is simple, but so effective. Otis reads old books in a slow, rhythmic voice designed to help you drift off to sleep. You'll hear classics like Peter Pan, Pride and Prejudice, Winnie the Pooh, and Sherlock Holmes. But lately he's been doing something, I think, is especially wonderful. He's been highlighting

historic women writers from an era dominated by men, authors like Kate Douglas Wiggin,

Edith Nesbitt, Catherine Mansfield, and Mary Eleanor Wilkins, who all wrote extraordinary stories

that deserve to be remembered and enjoyed.

Otis reads them softly and steadily, and it's such a gift to fall asleep to those voices from the past.

So whether you struggle with sleep or you just enjoy a good bedtime story, I can't recommend Sleepy enough. Fluff up the cool side of your

pillow and press play. You can listen to Sleepy on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New

bedtime stories every week. Welcome to Bed 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 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.

Every episode is someone's first, so I like to explain about how this podcast works.

I'm going to tell you a story to help you relax and drop off into sleep.

I'll tell it twice, and I'll go a bit slower the second time through.

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