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 Withersheim.

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

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And you can always learn more, or get yourself a cozy,

Nothing Much Happens, hoodie,

at nothing muchens.com.

Now let me say something about how this works.

Your mind needs a place to rest, and without one, it's apt to race and wander and keep you up all night.

Following along with my voice and the simple shape of the story I'm about to tell you gives it that resting place and it trains your brain over time to more quickly settle and turn off.

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

If you wake in the middle of the night, turn your thoughts right back to whatever you can remember about the story, or even just the details of a pleasant memory,

and you will drop right back off.

Our story tonight is called Sugar Snow.

And it's a story about shifting seasons.

It's also about pots of pansies, breakfast for dinner, and the people and places that teach us to play.

Okay. Okay, it's time. put down whatever you've been looking at and switch off the light.

Slide down deep. and switch off the light.

Slide down deep into your sheets and get as comfortable as you can.

There's nothing you need to keep track of. No one is waiting. You have done enough for today.

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