Our story tonight is called “Rosemary, for Remembrance” and it’s a story about preparing a garden for the coming frost. It’s also about a row of pumpkins waiting to be claimed, what the poets have to say about herbs, and the unending generosity of nature.
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Tiny House (Encore)
Originally aired April 14, 2025 (Season 15, Episode 30) Our story tonight is called Tiny House, and it’s a story about a snug small space to relax in. It’s also about impatiens for the flower bed, sunny days on the edge of the woods, hammocks and reading nooks, and the relief of ... Show More
31m 23s
May 2023
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's return to the flower-filled fields of sleep and learn about insect-charming orchids, blistering buttercups, and pinks of the killing kind. Nature is a cruel mistress!</span></p> <p class="MsoNorm ... Show More
57m 26s
Aug 2022
Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2
<p>Let's sink into the fields of sleep with more from this lovely and informative book on the varied beauty of wildflowers. A few may smell of corpses, but they're no less wonders of nature!</p> <p> </p> <p>Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all!</p> <p>Patreon: ... Show More
50m 11s
Dec 2020
SYMHC Classics: Roses Through Time
This 2017 episode revisits roses, which humans have painted, written about, and assigned symbolic meaning for centuries. But this much-beloved flower predates mankind, and it's a little difficult to track our early relationship with cultivating it. Learn more about your ad-choice ... Show More
35m 23s
Oct 2022
The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 1
<p>Let's relax and sleep with this totally true and accurate history of werewolves in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Norse sagas. Curiously, few actual werewolves get mentioned, but someone does get turned into a yarn spinner. Spooky!</p> <p> </p> <p>Help us stay 100% listener-sup ... Show More
53m 14s
Oct 2022
Spices, Their Histories, Part 2
<p>Let's relax with more from one of our most requested books, hear the histories of ginger, mustard, nutmeg, and mace, and learn how to fake them all. Looking at you, naughty Connecticut!</p> <p> </p> <p>Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all!</p> <p>Patreon: < ... Show More
51m 43s
Nov 2020
The Secret Garden: Chapters 7 & 8
<p>Tonight, I’ll be reading ‘The Secret Garden’, Chapter 7, ‘The Key to the Garden’, and Chapter 8, ‘The Robin Who Showed the Way’ by Frances Hodgson Burnett. </p>
<p>Welcome to Send Me To Sleep, the World’s sleepiest podcast, designed to help you fall asleep through relaxing sto ... Show More
47m 49s