Welcome to Bedtime stories for grown-ups, 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.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

Thank you for your support.

Let me say something about how to use this podcast.

I'm about to tell you a bedtime story. It's a simple story without much action but

full of relaxing detail. The story is like a nest, and we're enticing your fluttering mind to settle down into it.

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

If you find yourself still awake at the end of the first or second telling, don't worry.

That's a good rule of thumb in general,

when you're trying to fall asleep.

Don't worry.

Relax. Take your mind back to the beginning of the story and walk yourself back through the details that you can remember.

Especially any bit that felt particularly cozy. You're training your brain and body to wind down, and the more often you do do it the faster you will fall asleep.

So have a bit of patience at the beginning.

And if you find yourself awake again later in the night, use the story again to go right back to sleep.

Our story tonight is called In The Bakery, and it's a story about a weekend morning among

bagels and bread.

It's also about old cookbooks full of notes, being proud of what you do, and a secret ingredient handed down from baker to Baker. Now it's time to turn off the light and put away anything you've been working

on or looking at. Take some time to snuggle yourself down into your preferred sleeping position.

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