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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 Wittersheim.

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We're also adding extra long episodes where we combine the individual stories of a series.

We call those slightly more happens.

And they are usually about an hour and a half long.

Find it through the link tree in our show notes.

This week we are giving to the charity blessings in a backpack,

whose purpose is to mobilize communities, individuals, and resources

to provide food on the weekends for school-age children across America

who might otherwise go hungry. Now, here's how this works. I'll tell a soft, relaxing story,

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