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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Thirty Six Sniffing The Forest Path And Process · 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: I mean, it's like television surfing. You're like all over
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  Speaker 1: the place looking for that one thing that you can
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  Speaker 1: add to your moment of now. Be it fest stories,
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  Speaker 1: be it rockstar stories, talking with a chef, whatever you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for. That's what aro dot net is all about.
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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. I'm not the only one
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  Speaker 2: who goes through this. It doesn't have to be just
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  Speaker 2: in this forest. It can be in a city park.
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  Speaker 2: It could be in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle,
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  Speaker 2: Hong Kong, somewhere in the UK. When you take your
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  Speaker 2: walk into a forest or a park, or wherever you
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  Speaker 2: take your walk with your little fuzzy pets, be it
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  Speaker 2: a dog. I've seen people walk their birds and their cats,
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  Speaker 2: but I do say that daw ugs will pretty much
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  Speaker 2: hang out in the same places every day, especially in
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  Speaker 2: this forest. Jazzy walks the same path every day. Now.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's because the human is taking
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  Speaker 2: the same path every day, or if I'm just following her,
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  Speaker 2: and I just jokingly had a conversation with her saying
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  Speaker 2: that if you ever get away from me, I don't
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  Speaker 2: think I'll have a difficult time locating you, because I
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  Speaker 2: know where you like to go and spend just minute
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  Speaker 2: after minute after minute just sniffing the ground. I will
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  Speaker 2: sit there as an innocent bystander and try to figure
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  Speaker 2: out what it is, what kind of history is she
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  Speaker 2: getting her nose into, and how can I tap into
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  Speaker 2: that so I can create a better story with these
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  Speaker 2: forest stories. She's obviously picking up on something that I
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  Speaker 2: can't see nor can I smell. But if I could smell,
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  Speaker 2: would I be just like Jazzy inside this forest? And
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  Speaker 2: would I stay in this one place minute after minute
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  Speaker 2: after minute, because that's the elegance of a forest. You
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  Speaker 2: don't know what's been here before we got here. And
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  Speaker 2: Jazzy's going to be the one that says, I think
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  Speaker 2: there's something you should know, and if you listen to me,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be the one that's going to show
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  Speaker 2: and tell you. Oh, wouldn't that be fun to be
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  Speaker 2: able to sit down inside this forest with someone as
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  Speaker 2: keen as Jazzy The disaster artist, Lovable Huggble Unstoppable Dog.
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  Speaker 2: And she's going to play a game of show and tell,
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  Speaker 2: the same type of game we used to play in
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  Speaker 2: elementary school when we would bring something to class, show
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  Speaker 2: it off, and tell the tale. But let me ask
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  Speaker 2: you this question, did you ever take something, share it
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  Speaker 2: and the story wasn't true? Well, I don't want to
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  Speaker 2: be here for that, in this forest with my Jazzy. No,
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  Speaker 2: I want her to be able to share the stories
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  Speaker 2: with me that are authentic so that I can take
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  Speaker 2: them to you, because the day that you do come
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  Speaker 2: to this forest, which you're always invited to come to,
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  Speaker 2: to see the slow moving stream ivy Lake. How about
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  Speaker 2: Heartbreak Hill? Taking a stroll of Heartbreak Hill with Jazzy
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  Speaker 2: and myself, minute after minute after minute, just staring, smelling, embracing,
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  Speaker 2: loving the story of a forest. Hey, thanks for being
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  Speaker 2: a part of the conversation.