Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This
is Forest Stories. I am the Poet in the Forest,
a children's series that I pinned out in the nineteen nineties. Now,
none of it would be possible if it wasn't for
this forest right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina. I
talk about it so much that I thought maybe it's
time that you get to know what has inspired me
for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of the conversation.
Welcome back to the forest.
Speaker 2: The cool breeze within the summer trees, the sun as
bright as it can be, and yet the breeze as
a way of getting inside your heart and your imagination.
Where I presently stand the final week of July, as
we head into the dog days of summer of August,
there's this cool breeze that always stops in to visit
the writer, to allow that writer believe that it doesn't
always have to be hot, steamy, humidified. That nature is
always willing to give if you want to receive. But
you have to be able to receive everything in order
to respect this cool breeze inside this beautiful forest in
South Charlotte, North Carolina, the birds are active the beekeepers.
Bees are so busy, always something to do, just like
the human. But the cool breeze inside these summer trees,
they tend to open up the imagination so that you
can dream and find a space to try new things,
to look in different areas of the forest. It's always changing, evolving.
There could be a snake today, tomorrow another red fox.
By the way, in past episodes, we've talked about the cave. Well,
the owners of the new cave, they've granted me permission
to go into it, sit here and speak of this
cool breeze within the trees. The goal is to continue
to believe that there is a story here. Hey, thanks
for being a part of a conversation.