Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep Sharon Handy

Tonight, let’s celebrate the sleepy splendors of spring and go shopping for the latest in floral novelties offered by Gardiner & Co. in their seed annual. Apparently, in 1890, Japanese delights were all the rage.
 
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Tonight, while your reader recovers from a snuffly illness, let’s rewind to 2021 and fall into the rhythm of sleep with a book that works hard to put meaning into music, but mostly just manages to make it boring. So…kind of perfect, really.
 
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Read “How to Listen to Music” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17474
 
Music: "Healing,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
 
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Let’s celebrate Earth Day with more from Muir’s poetic ode to the spectacular natural wonders of North America. This time, we complete our relaxing tour of Yellowstone and head to beautiful Yosemite, the jewel of the Sierras. Truly the stuff of dreams.
 
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Read “Our National Parks” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60929
 
Music: "Watching Whale on the Moon,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
 
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Let’s return to the relaxing world of dairy products and learn more about the design of a good curing room, dividing profits among your producers, and what makes a great cheese. Hint: it’s definitely not skim milk!
 
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Read “Handbook on Cheese Making” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70813
 
Music: "Chasing Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
 
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Let’s return to this sleep-inducing exploration, and speculation, about the Red Planet. This time, we learn about seasonal fluctuations of the poles and how they do or don’t mirror our own. Which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.
 
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Read “Mars and Its Canals” at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015
 
Music: "Dream Colours,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
 
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Let’s find our mental rapport with sleep as we conclude this, uh, scientific guide to mind reading, learn how to find cards and drive a wagon while blindfolded, and discover how naughty charlatans dupe the public. Fake mind readers, you say? Impossible!
 
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Music: "Exit Exit,” by PC III, licensed under CC BY
 
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