Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens.

You feel good and then you fall asleep.

I'm Catherine Nicolai.

I write and read all the stories you hear on nothing much happens.

Audioengineering is by Bob Wittersheim.

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

Now let me say a bit about how to use this podcast.

I'm about to tell you a bedtime story to help you relax and drift off to sleep.

The story is simple and not much happens in it, and that is kind of the idea.

It's a cozy place to rest your mind.

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

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

That's sometimes how it goes.

Relax.

Walk yourself back through whatever bits of the story you can remember.

Lean into them, and before you know it, you'll be waking up tomorrow, feeling refreshed.

This is a type of brain training.

We're training your brain to follow along with the shape of the story, like an upturned

leaf floats along on the surface of a river.

Each time you use a story to settle your mind, it will happen more quickly and with more

ease.

So have some patience if you are new to this.

...