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It’s 2 a.m. You’re awake. Again. You’ve already solved world hunger, redesigned your kitchen, and cast the reboot of Golden Girls. Still no sleep.Good news: You’re not an insomniac—you’re historically accurate. Before electric lights and 9-to-5 jobs, people regularly woke up in the middle of the night. It was called biphasic sleep. Very trendy. Circa 1500.Maybe your bladder isn’t betraying you. Maybe you’re just living like a medieval monk.Curious? Listen as I explain.📖 Read The Curse of Two Sleeps on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

Smart tech meets shedding chaos. My newest robovac takes on four Siberian Huskies—only to get hilariously lost in an avalanche of fur.📖 Read Lost in Fur: Tech Gone Wrong on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

An airplane crashed while landing at the Toronto airport. The wing ripped from the fuselage. Spilled fuel ignited in a fireball. The plane came to rest upside down. The passengers hung from their seatbelts. And then came the ordinary goodness that so often happens when things go wrong.Watch the CBC Interview with Pete Carlson that inspired this musing.📖 Read Ordinary Goodness on my website Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast appAll images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.

The foundation of a good story begins with a nugget of truth. With a shift of light and shadow, a focus on a detail, a blurring of lines, the storyteller remembers it better.I am D. K. Wall, an author of novels and short stories. From my home in Asheville, surrounded by beautiful mountains, I share my yarns—thoughtful reflections and original tales drawn from a lifetime in the Carolinas and Tennessee.They all have one thing in common. They are 100 percent true... except for the parts I make up.So open up your favorite podcast app, follow the show, and join me for musings and tales.🎧 Subscribe to Musings and Tales on your favorite podcast app📚Visit my website to discover more about my novels and short stories. Your contributions support the cost of this commercial-free podcast. Thank you!Happy reading!All images and music are licensed through Adobe Stock.