Welcome to The Sleeping Almanac. Tonight the gentlest kingdom in all the old world, and the night a long story folds quietly in two. A girl goes down to a river at dawn to wash her father's linen, finds the sea's last castaway asleep in the leaves, and does not run. There is a garden that bears in every season at once, pear behind pear and fig behind fig, forever. There are ships that need no steersman and know the way by thought alone. And in a bright hall a blind singer sings a certain war so truly that a stranger weeps into his cloak, and is asked at last the one question he has not answered in twenty years. A calm, hopeful telling of Nausicaa and the Phaeacians for sleep, calm enough to drift to and rich enough to stay awake for if you choose.
Close your eyes. Let the fire on the beach burn low. There is nothing to do now but listen and rest.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome and the Singer at the Fire
4:30 Chapter One: The Wagon at Dawn
12:00 Chapter Two: The Stranger from the Leaves
20:18 Chapter Three: The Walk Behind the Mules
30:06 Chapter Four: The Garden That Bore in Every Season
39:05 Chapter Five: The Queen's Sharp Eye
49:03 Chapter Six: The Games and the Throw
1:00:28 Chapter Seven: The Blind Singer
1:08:47 Chapter Eight: The Song of the Horse
1:18:40 Chapter Nine: I Am Odysseus
1:27:47 Chapter Ten: The Gifts and the Farewell
1:35:09 Chapter Eleven: The Ship That Steered Itself
1:41:03 Chapter Twelve: Goodnight. And the Sleeper Carried Home
Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p3kD1LVxzgg
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
🎙️ Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
📖 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
🕊️ Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
🌙 Join the almanac, first looks and the occasional quiet letter: https://gildenmyth.com
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.
Close your eyes. Let the fire on the beach burn low. There is nothing to do now but listen and rest.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome and the Singer at the Fire
4:30 Chapter One: The Wagon at Dawn
12:00 Chapter Two: The Stranger from the Leaves
20:18 Chapter Three: The Walk Behind the Mules
30:06 Chapter Four: The Garden That Bore in Every Season
39:05 Chapter Five: The Queen's Sharp Eye
49:03 Chapter Six: The Games and the Throw
1:00:28 Chapter Seven: The Blind Singer
1:08:47 Chapter Eight: The Song of the Horse
1:18:40 Chapter Nine: I Am Odysseus
1:27:47 Chapter Ten: The Gifts and the Farewell
1:35:09 Chapter Eleven: The Ship That Steered Itself
1:41:03 Chapter Twelve: Goodnight. And the Sleeper Carried Home
Watch the illustrated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p3kD1LVxzgg
New episodes every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
🎙️ Sleep stories from history, Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
📖 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
🕊️ Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
🌙 Join the almanac, first looks and the occasional quiet letter: https://gildenmyth.com
This show uses AI tools (research, narration, visuals) under human editorial direction. Every episode is reviewed before release.