Drift with Erin Davis

What happens when a full-sized man who is cast adrift lands on an island full of tiny, often warring people? In this Jonathan Swift tale, we learn of Gulliver's troubles and eventual freedom. But what will he have to do to earn his liberty? Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com.  Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Inspired by a trip along the coast of Vancouver Island, this is the tale of a boy who finds a mollusk that turns into something quite incredible. Enjoy a gentle tale, preceded by a short relaxing meditation, and ending with soothing waves. Pacific? Your choice. After all, they're your dreams. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

What a joy it is to bring you the words of A.A. Milne in stories he wrote for his son. And in this third podcast rendering of Mr. Milne's creation, Pooh and his best pal (other than Christopher Robin) have an adventure, but one mild enough that I can promise you sweet dreams and just the chance of a woozle sighting. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Christopher Robin's father opens the book where we left off, and this time we all enjoy A.A.Milne's story of Pooh getting himself in a most awkward spot. Oh, bother! Enjoy our second visit to the Hundred Acre Wood and sweet dreams. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

It's a joy to bring to you the beloved adventures of a boy and his bear, and that bear's friends, as told to Christopher Robin by the author A. A. Milne. Winnie-the-Pooh's gentle stories are told from the heart in a gentler time, and promise to delight you as you drift off to sleep. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

You've heard the word narcissistic – now enjoy the tale of the beautiful nymph for whom the word was coined, and the other wood fairies who suffered his vanity and eventually plotted his downfall. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

In this Drift Sleep Story, we tell a tale that truly is as old as time. A young woman meets a creature who holds her father in his home. Only love – and the gift of seeing beyond appearances and into the heart - can break the spell and bring mended hearts together. Listen free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Did you have a Raggedy Ann doll? Perhaps an Andy as well? Whether you did or not, I think you'll enjoy this sweet tale of a cloth doll and her friends – a much simpler “toy story” from a century ago told to help you drift off to sweet, jam-flavoured dreams. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

I can almost guarantee you'll fall asleep before the actual translation happens of The Rosetta Stone, a crucial artifact which enabled scholars to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It's a different sort of Drift (and not so much for the little ones) but one to put your busy brain at rest, in a land and time far, far away. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

More than a North American muffler company, Midas was a man who inherited a great kingdom, and yet, yearned for more. Learn the price that he paid, plus a little-known post-script to the morality tale that you may not be awake to hear – and that's all right too! Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Join me on Drift with Erin Davis for Drifting Upwards, a gentle modern-day story of a hot air balloon ride. A loving couple celebrates their 40th wedding anniversary high above the places where a lifetime of memories were made. Thank you to Diane Waterman for sharing her lovely creation. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

A personal Drift Story about searching for – and finding – proof that those whom we dearly miss are still with us. Birds, aromas, feathers, dimes and more abound when we seek connection. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Join me for this Grimm Fairy Tale with which you will no doubt find many similarities to the more popular tale of Snow White. Drift off to sleep – no glass enclosure needed, we promise – to a story of kindness, envy (but not like our favourite pillow) and, of course, Happily Ever After. Free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Imagine, if you will, a group of animals who have all been put out to pasture – and not in a good way. Together they find themselves in the midst of a gentle adventure that will make you smile as you drift off to sleep. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com.  Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Don't let a long title fool you – this short but memorable Ukrainian fairy tale is about a man who teaches his offspring a lesson they needed to learn. Greed and spite vs resourcefulness and heart. (Sound familiar?) Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors, enVy Pillow.com and SierraSil.com, both of whom generously offer discounts on all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Long a tale that has warned those of us who dare try too hard or hope for too much to “stay in our lane,” Oh, Icarus is the story of a boy whose father actually was smarter than every other kid's dad, and built himself and his son wings. Uh-oh. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Don't let the title fool you: although we usually associate elves with Christmas, Will Ferrell and cookies...this story is the tale of a humble cobbler and his wife who are visited in the night by two very helpful souls. It's a lovely bit of magic and I hope you'll enjoy it. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Once again we visit some of the most beautiful prose of the last century by Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran. In this wise and wistful piece, we take in his thoughts on some of humankind's most wonderful gifts, followed by the sounds of the waves that will carry him home, and you to sleep. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This is a short and sweet folk tale that comes from India and you need only look up at clear night skies to meet our main characters. It's a whimsical story of Star, Sun, Moon and Wind and let me add Waves – as I do to the end of this story, to usher you into sweet dreams! Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

You'll be as sorry as we were that this story is coming to its end but, ah, what a finish it is! A tale of friendship, of danger, and of the many adventures found in Rudyard Kipling's lush and viperous jungle comes to a close, but not without a lot of help from Mowgli's friends and a satisfying conclusion indeed. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Let your imagination scale the vines of steamy subterfuge in the second part of Rudyard Kipling's classic: as Mowgli grows from baby to adolescent, he is schooled in the ways of jungle survival and his lessons pay off big time when he finds himself kidnapped. Monkey business, indeed.... Enjoy free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Immerse yourself in sultry and sometimes treacherous jungles, fields and caves of India where a young boy is raised by wolves, befriended by a wise bear and a cagey panther and hunted relentlessly by a tiger with a grudge. Enjoy this first of three parts of the Rudyard Kipling classic, free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

In this first story of the new year, let us listen to the thoughts of one of the great writers of the 20th century. Enjoy Kahlil Gibran's thoughts on marriage, children and pleasure – beautiful prose to put you to sleep gently, and it is followed by soft waves. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This classic tale of a special toy and the trials he faces proves again why the stories of Hans Christian Andersen will always stand the test of time, just like the heart of our tin hero. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Whether you await the arrival of Père Noel, Sinterklaas or good ol' Santa, this timeless classic is a story that resonates and stirs the hearts and memories of young and old alike. Some relaxation to start, plus the story behind the story. A Merry (or Happy) Christmas to you from me and my friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Over 100 years ago, an eight-year-old girl wrote to the editor of a New York City newspaper with a question: Is Santa Claus real? This is the story of how that letter and its famous, beautiful response - which you will also hear - came to be. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Effie is a ten-year-old girl who has everything a child could want - except the spirit of Christmas in her heart. After she reads a Dickens classic and experiences a vivid dream, that all changes in this lovely tale of gratitude and generosity. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Long have the Wise Men been believed to have started the idea of giving presents at Christmas. But this couple's mixup could very well have spelled the end of that whole tradition. Oh my.... Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Join me for this beautiful story set around Christmastime in the forests of Germany where a little girl who lives with her grandmother holds great hopes that angels will bring her a Christmas gift. This tale brings into sharp focus the joy of appreciating what life gives us every day. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This lovely story is about a little girl who helps an elf. He turns around and helps her become invisible, but is it a gift or a curse? She finds out – and so will you – in this beautiful tale set on Christmas Eve and morning. Enjoy Toinette and sweet dreams, mon ami! Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

In this retelling of a Hans Christian Andersen fable, a tree yearns for everything it does not have, until he gets it and realizes he should have appreciated what he had. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Do find something to snuggle and listen to this favourite tale of a boy's much-loved bunny who yearns to become real. It is a beautiful reminder always to look beneath the surface - in this case, the soft, furry fabric of the story's title. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Often when we hear of someone who is surrounded by yes-men (and women), they're described in terms of this story by Hans Christian Andersen. But who remembers the details of this scantily-clad leader and how he ended up being such a cautionary tale? Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This is a slightly reimagined Grimm Brothers' tale of a poor man who uses his wits to win and makes his fellow townsfolk really wish they had not ignored him. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com.  Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Old Aesop was indeed a wise man – he told short tales that had messages that still resonate today. Like the moral of this story: no one is too small to help...and we should never, ever judge the size of one's heart by one's stature. Enjoy this story and sweet dreams! Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Sometimes the best tales are the ones that go in a different direction than you expect, as with this story of an ingenious and optimistic young woman (channeling her inner Julia Sugarbaker!) who makes her dream come true, but on her terms. Based on The Swineherd by Hans Christian Andersen. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This enlightening tale is one that was written centuries ago by the prolific Aesop. I'll take you to a gentle day under fluttering leaves and warming sunshine with a message of being in the moment. All this, as you drift off to a place where there is no hurry...only peace. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

For nearly a century-and-a-half, this story has been told as a morality tale - perhaps even one of a cautionary tone. Set in Paris in the 19th century, you will share in the wonder about what could well be a tale of Cinderella told almost entirely in reverse. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Young Harry and Walt, a miniature pirate ship and a sudden tidal wave of bad luck come together in this lovely tale for a heartwarming story of selflessness and kindness at the English seaside. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

This tale from the Brothers Grimm is about a kind fox who offers advice again and again. When at last a young man listens, all sorts of golden opportunities and adventures come his way. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Long before Megan and Harry, Edith Nesbit wrote Deliverers of their Nation about Effie and Harry. In this Dragons Tale, they discover (with the help of a sleepy saint) the secret to getting rid of the pesky creatures - big and small. Listen free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

We take you to ancient China where an Emperor puts out an unusual request for the man who may marry his daughter. She turns the tables on him, however, in the loveliest of ways and proves once again that beauty – even the specific colour of a rose – is in the eye of the beholder. Listen free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

There can be no more perfect story on which to wrap up meteorological summer than this one! Join us on an idyllic summer day as six friends who've loved each other for decades float together down a gentle river. It's a tale set in modern day under blue skies with laughter, closeness and an undercurrent of love…and remember there's an easy relaxation to begin our story, which is then followed by gentle waves at the end. Sweet dreams. Listen free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

In this delightful short story by one of Canada's favourite authors, a young man takes a chance on long-distance love with a young woman whose picture he's seen. Does the gamble pay off? Let's say we love happy endings at Drift! Listen free thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Louisa has long been engaged to a man named Joe, who left to seek his fortune in Australia. But when he returns, they both find that things have changed – and will change – for the better. Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

From the Red Fairy book comes this tale of a princess whose fate is foretold by fairies, and who grows up in a tower. But when she is freed by her brothers, she has a most unusual request: she wants to marry the King of the Peacocks. What follows involves trickery and true love as well as, of course, sweet dreams. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

In this, a different kind of sleep story, we hear the words that philosopher, poet and lover of nature Henry David Thoreau shared many times in his life. Put on your comfiest slippers as we step outdoors and into a gentle rest. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

A confederate soldier wears to the battlefield a cherished necklace from his beloved. When it returns to her she mourns, never imagining the surprise outcome. It's another beautiful story from the pen of Kate Chopin, as we lull you to sweet dreams here on Drift. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Welcome to this gentle take on an age-old story of the Three Little Pigs. Sometimes it feels right to turn old tales on their heads and imagine a happier outcome - one of coming together and finding peace. Have I given away too much? Listen free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

A young woman enlists the help of Dame Christie's most famous puzzler solver in this story of a rich uncle who believes that he's outsmarted his orphan niece. Don't worry if you miss the how-he-did-it ending – you can listen again and again to the same gentle story on Drift. Free, thanks to enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.

Imagine a little maiden about 2-½ cm (or an inch) tall...who is snatched by a toad, courted by a mole and flown to a land as magical as she herself is. This is the tale of Thumbelina, by Hans Christian Andersen: a heartwarming story of care and karma to guide you to sleep on the tiniest of wings. Free, thanks to our friends at enVypillow.com and SierraSil.com. Drift is free, thanks to our wonderful sponsors: enVy Pillow and SierraSil. Both of them have been generous enough to offer 10% off all online purchases when you use the code drift.