S3 E30 Gotta Minute? Lon Says It All!

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Well, hello, and welcome to the Comforting Voice Podcast. I'm your host, Shasta Ray, and I'm joined in the studio by Emmy the Minnie Macaw. She's wandering around on a shelf somewhere. I'm not sure where she went, but she's in the studio somewhere. Anyway, this is your short little drive-by episode this week. Very short, very abbreviated, but I wanted to provide a small amount of content. I ran into some time constrictions that I could not have even begun to anticipate. So this is just gonna be a short little episode to hang out with you for a minute, say hey, let you know I didn't forget you, and then we're gonna have a normal Tuesday episode next Tuesday. Yay! Alright, so let's just jump in, whiz through everything, and get you off to a good night's start. Maybe this will be just what you need to relax or doze off. You never know. So you know the drill, guys. Let's go through your sleep prep. I don't want to deny you of that luxury. So as always, make sure you're comfy. Make sure that you're getting cozy however you wanna get cozy for the moment. Have everything you need at your fingertips, particularly if you're gonna doze off. Maybe that's a bottle of water, maybe that's an extra pair of socks, maybe that's your favorite teddy bear. Whatever you need, make sure you've got that. And make sure your listening device is set at that perfect volume for you. And when you're ready, give yourself a really good stretch. And I always recommend just reach through your arms and legs, into your hands, your feet, and then wiggle your fingers and toes. Do all that and then release that stretch. Just really make sure you engage those muscles and don't overdo it. You can actually overdo a stretch. Anyway, as soon as all that relaxation starts kicking in, once you release that stretch, do one or two good deep breaths of air. And lately we've changed it up. Inhale slowly to about the count of four, hold it to about the count of three. Do another quick little inhale to top off that inhale just really quick. Hold it for another second or two, and then exhale slower to about the count of six. Or slower if you can. That's gonna set you up to doze off. Yes, it will. Alright. Next on the agenda, let's just tackle a tea tag and a fortune cookie slip real quick. I don't want to deny you of that. Oh, there goes the pickle chicken. It's it's in the cigar box. You're gonna get pickled chicken rooting around in a cigar box ASMR for a moment. So while she does that, your tea tag. Patience pays. Yes, it does. And your fortune cookie slip. A smooth, long journey. Great expectations. That's a good fortune cookie slip. And your lucky numbers off of the back of the fortune cookie slip for anyone that likes to play number games or the lottery. Twenty-nine, six, twenty-four, fifty-three, thirty-four, and forty. Good luck if you play number games. And maybe we can lure her out of the cigar box with the archive receptacle. Hello. Oh, it worked! It worked. Okay, we distracted the pickle chicken long enough to shut the lid on the cigar box. The archive receptacle wins. Oh my gosh. Come here, Emmy. Come on. Here, look, I have a piece of cardstock for you. Alright, so let's check in with Lawn. This is a special one. Since tonight is a little bit of a drive-by, it's a little bit different. I didn't want to deny you your time with Lawn. So every now and then he sends in something unusual, and I just kind of stick it to the side until, you know, it just seems like an appropriate time. This is a poetic little story type effort he sent in. And the title of tonight's Got a Minute is Secret of Faye Wood Story.

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The Secret of Faye Wood. The sister glows through a gauze veil, painting the night in greys. River is drawn to the sea, dancing and singing among the stones. Layered flora devolves into a wall of gade. Shadows of twilight rule. Fairy lights rise and fall among shafts of dusty moon glow. Creatures of the deepest dusk cry out to the skies in undulating chorus. A cacophony of thanks and praises for the realm as it is. Things believed in and not gather unseen to humanize this eve, drinking from empty acorn cups, swaying to feathery music, only they hear. Yesterdays and all their doubt, pain, and fear mean nothing here. Tomorrow's and all their untouched possibilities remain dreamlike. Now is the only slice of time that even exists. Holds so much promise. The purest of heart of the universe touches down here for one night. The sister glows through a gauze veil, painting the night in grays.

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That was so much fun. Thank you, Lawn. You saved the day, you provided content, and it was like a little mini story all at once. So that's all we've got for this week. I am gonna get this short little micro episode edited into your eardrums, and then I have to get back to some pressing life stuff, and I hope to tell you all about it next Tuesday. So stay tuned. Until then, sleep tight, good night, and bye bye.