045 – A Sleepy Bedtime Reading – The Swampers
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
Release Date: 12/30/2019
Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
This week we continue our bedtime exploration of the domestic lives of various birds. While you drift off to sleep you will be regaled with stories about swallow migrations, goldfinches and many other delightful birds. Be waned that there is some slightly sad stuff here as nature can be rough. Story (02:43) Find Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald – The ‘Truth’ about Gatsby For this week’s bedtime storyu we pick up at the end of one of Gatsby’s legendary parties which finishes off with a (minor) car accident. We learn more about Nick Carraway’s life as you drift off to sleep and Gatsby tells Nick about his life, although is any of it true? We may learn this one day. Story (02:46) Find The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are...
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On Greeks and Persians - The Book of the Ancient Greeks
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In this week’s sleep time non-fiction, we learn about the activities of the Persian emperor Darius with the Greek States of Asia Minor. And as you drift off on your restful night he will turn his eyes to the European Greek states and Athens. Learn about he battle of Marathon, to which the Spartans showed up nearly a week late, Darius’ failure and the Persian return under Xerxes. Story (02:49) Find The Book of the Ancient Greeks by Dorothy Mills Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for...
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An Interesting Gathering - Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
We pick up in the middle of a conversation between Ralph Denham and Mary Datchet as they await the evening’s entertainment. A presentation and discussion of English literature! But if you stay awake through that you will find some prickly interpersonal relationships and uncomfortable conversations. Is romance in the air? Or something unhealthier? You will be asleep before you find out! Story (03:08) Find Night and Day by Virginia Woolf Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are...
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Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
Finding the Fakes - Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis In the final reading from this popular guide we are going to explore what to look for when looking to collect old glass, and the philosophy of building a quality collection. This will truly help you sleep as there’s nothing exciting, yet it is strangely compelling. Story (02:59) Find Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea!
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne – Pt 3 – All at sea! We pick up part way through the hunt for the mysterious ‘whale’ and things get serious. I try not to let it get too exciting at he Abraham Lincoln gives chase, to end with the protagonist getting washed off the ship! All works out so far though as he drifts on the ocean as you will drift to sleep in company with his loyal manservant. They eventually find their way to Ned Land who is floating on the back of their quarry which they find is made of metal! Will you still be awake when they find themselves...
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble
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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - Fallout of the South Sea Bubble This week we return to the bizarre economic bubble that rose up around the opening of the South Sea trade, based on fraudulent claims of treaties and access it was ultimately a method for some people to get very rich, then very poor. And while it reflects modern society in many was as people still fall for scams, it’s not so infuriating that it will keep you awake as you try drift off to sleep. Story (02:47) Find Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay ...
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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Colin learns the Truth
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
For this week’s bedtime story we pick up after Colin’s tantrum and Mary gets him to settle down and fall asleep. The staff in the Manor are mystified at Colin’s relatively good health and humour and Mary and Dickon decide that they can tell Colin about the garden and prepare to take him there. Story (02:47) Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. ...
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The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton Pt 07
Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation
The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton 07 This geological work is popular with the listeners as the life of rivers and rocks is the idea background for a sleepy night. Listen in as the role of rivers in erosion and geology gets expanded on, we learn more than we ever need to know about glaciers, and find ourselves drifting to the sea, fast asleep. Story (02:49) Find The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you...
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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish
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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish I got a fright when reading this section this week. If Jewish people get mentioned in works this age it’s usually a bad thing, but I stuck with it and I felt it was quite respectful as the Empress of the Blazing World summons the spirits and asks them to teach her the ‘Jews Cabbalah’ Ultimately they convince her this wouldn’t be authentic and the bring to her Margaret Cavendish, the author of the work, to help her as a scribe and they go on a journey of world creation, which is rather strange and...
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The paraphernalia of the fortune teller? Are some for real? Maybe, but many are charlatans.
Sleep comes when the mind is unstressed, so let's wash away the tension with a bedtime story, told in a way that won't keep you too focused.
Believe what you will about psychics and faith healers, many are not what they seem. But will you find sleep comes for you during the story of what happens to Professor Mortikali as he does some palm and tarot readings. Before getting a visit from a mysterious stranger who turns out to be all too familiar
From ‘The Swampers’ by Hume Nisbet
A note about the stories
As I work in the hospitality industry the next few weeks are going to be very busy for me. I won’t be able to do much researching and writing, but I won’t leave you restless. I will have a selection of cold readings for your insomnia cures every week, right on schedule.
Story 12:25
Find ‘The Swampers’ on Project Gutenberg Australia
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602701h.html
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