In New England Fields & Woods, by Rowland Robinson, Part 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 6 December 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week, let's relax and sleep amidst the snow-covered trees of New England, meditate on the hare, and enjoy the intricate histories written in a wood pile. It's a particularly lovely one, friends. Enjoy!
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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. |
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| 1:32.0 | keeping secret, but I think you'll like them. |
| 1:35.6 | So to all our supporters, good luck and thank you. |
| 1:40.9 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:45.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:49.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:52.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. Let it out slowly. And off we go. |
| 2:06.0 | Tonight were relaxing with some seasonal selections from a book that was recommended by a listener some time ago and which I'm finally getting to. |
| 2:17.2 | In New England Fields and Woods by Roland E. Robinson, first published in 1896 by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and |
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