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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Twenty Nine The Beauty Of Honey · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Hey, when it comes to podcasts listening, are you like me?
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  Speaker 1: Arrooe dot net. The searching is over. It's all in
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  Speaker 1: one place. Enjoy the exploration. Hey, thanks for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the conversation. Welcome to foest Stories, a series
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  Speaker 1: of short winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees,
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  Speaker 1: stuck feet First and Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a huge part of my daily journey for
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three years. I Am the Poet in the Forest,
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  Speaker 1: a children's series written and recorded in the nineteen nineties.
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  Speaker 1: It's grown into multiple podcasts that now reach around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and none of it would be possible without this forest
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  Speaker 1: right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, at the base
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  Speaker 1: of Heartbreak Hills. It's a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's time you get to meet what's inspired several generations
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  Speaker 1: long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized
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  Speaker 1: around this beautiful lake, slow moving stream, flatland, swamps and
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  Speaker 1: array of natural animals. There were families and business owners
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  Speaker 1: who are said to have raced into this area for
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds, and
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  Speaker 1: wild grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about
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  Speaker 1: it or it's buried somewhere inside their family tree. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back to the forest.
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  Speaker 3: We've shared so many stories about the goats, the pig
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  Speaker 3: lady with a gigantic pig, the chickens, the roosters we've
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  Speaker 3: run off. We've talked about the deer, the hawks, the owls.
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  Speaker 3: We've talked about the chipmunks and the squirrels, the black ones, like,
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  Speaker 3: where the hell did that come from, only to learn
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  Speaker 3: that you usually see them in England?
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  Speaker 2: Well, how did it happen here?
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  Speaker 3: We've also talked about the beekeeper and just the other
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  Speaker 3: day we were over there with the bees. We got
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  Speaker 3: ourselves some of that sweet natural local honey, the nectar
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  Speaker 3: from this area of the world. None of that honey
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  Speaker 3: has anything to do with the rest of the planet.
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  Speaker 2: Just this forest.
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  Speaker 3: And so after you've enjoyed the honey, and you walk
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  Speaker 3: through these trees and you listen to all the music
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  Speaker 3: from the birds, you see the deer, You can hear
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  Speaker 3: the nane or whatever it is, the sound that a
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  Speaker 3: goat makes, and you realize that this is a community
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  Speaker 3: of not just humans, but it's a community.
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  Speaker 2: Of all living things.
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  Speaker 3: The slow moving stream Ivy Lake as it glistens every
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  Speaker 3: morning at sunrise and even waves goodbye when the sun
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  Speaker 3: is setting, there's so much magic. I don't know if
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  Speaker 3: it's magic, but there's so much of a story that
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  Speaker 3: has been waiting to be shared for not just the
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  Speaker 3: past couple of years, like we've done on this podcast,
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  Speaker 3: but for decades. Heartbreak Hill, which I'm walking down right now,
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  Speaker 3: and we've talked many times about that. Their journey down
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  Speaker 3: Heartbreak Hill versus the one going up, completely different mindset
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  Speaker 3: and balance.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, because if.
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  Speaker 3: You fall going down Heartbreak Hill, you're gonna know there's
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  Speaker 3: a new story inside your heart when you land on
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  Speaker 3: the bottom. This is the place where I was after
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  Speaker 3: my heart attack in July of two thousand and nine.
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  Speaker 3: I looked at my doctor, mister Fendatty, and I said
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  Speaker 3: you gotta let me out of here so I can
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  Speaker 3: get on heartbreak Hill.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you want to go on heartbreak Hill?
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  Speaker 3: Well, because I know my heart rate will become strong
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  Speaker 3: because it's not about me doing it. It's about how
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  Speaker 3: this forest will work with me to do it, but
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  Speaker 3: to have the honey. It's everything coming together in one
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  Speaker 3: very sweet location, and it's all created right here inside
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  Speaker 3: this forest. Thanks for being a part of the conversation.