Harding's Lessons on Drawing, by J.D. Harding, Part 1

Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

Sharon Handy

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Let’s fall asleep to schooling in the fine art of drawing. We learn how to hold a pencil and draw a line, but only after the kind of lengthy introduction at which 19th century writers excelled. My favorite!

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0:00.0	Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.
0:08.0	I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep.
0:17.0	Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our Patreon family.
0:25.0	Jim, Henry, Leah, Dina, Sarah, Casey, and Jeff.
0:37.0	Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast.
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1:22.4	into a drawing at the end of the month. The prize for
1:25.7	which is a three-credit bundle from Libro. FM with which you can choose three audio books of your choice, and they don't even need to be boring.
1:36.8	If you are interested in becoming a supporter and being entered into that drawing, you'll
1:41.2	find links in the show description. Now let's read and relax.
1:50.0	Find a comfortable spot.
1:55.6	Adjust your volume.
2:00.5	Take a nice deep breath in. Let it out slowly and off we go.
2:07.0	Tonight's book comes by way of listener recommendation, and it's a particularly special one, because
2:18.5	it was written by her great-great-grandfather.
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