Episodes

  • The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 418 Apple Trees Provide Hope Trust And Fruit

    The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 418 Apple Trees Provide Hope Trust And Fruit
    Dec 28 2025
    The apple tree on Larry Lane was shared with the earth long before we brought 17 hundred other seedlings to this itty bitty forest in south Charlotte. A single apple tree is one of the greatest storytellers but to get to it there has to be a longterm relationship of trust.
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    3 mins
  • Vocal De Frag Episode 181 Is It Stress Or Anxiety And Are You At Fault

    Vocal De Frag Episode 181 Is It Stress Or Anxiety And Are You At Fault
    Dec 28 2025
    Constantly we are reminded of other people's anxiety and or stress. How does it sit inside you? Are you the end result of someone else's bad day. Because you are so loving and compassionate, it makes you an automatic target to get hit by other people's emotions. How do you protect your heart and soul growing forward?
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    4 mins
  • The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 432 Silence That Services Selfishness

    The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 432 Silence That Services Selfishness
    Dec 27 2025
    A pocket forest. A collection of beautiful trees set inside an overcrowded human neighborhood. You can kill the trees to provide for man, but you can't steal the life out of a pocket forest? I've been in this pocket forest for 32 years and the energy grows with no way of stopping it.
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    4 mins
  • The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 431 Time Doesn't Care About Us

    The Lyrics From Ernie's Forest Chapter 431 Time Doesn't Care About Us
    Dec 21 2025
    Creatively I struggle with how we can write something one day and we revisit it 8 years later. It doesn't feel like that much time as moved through us! How are we supposed to live in the present if we locked in on the events of the past? Preparation is the answer. What?
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    5 mins
  • Vocal De Frag Episode 180 Helping Others But Not Yourself

    Vocal De Frag Episode 180 Helping Others But Not Yourself
    Dec 21 2025
    We're all extremely guilty of sacrificing a huge chunk of our life in the name of keeping peace on your street. What we do for others physically takes away from your efforts and dreams and most of the time you aren't getting that space back. As long as you offer your energy to others they will endlessly depend on it. Breaking that cycle in the way of realizing your own set aside dreams.
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    6 mins
  • Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Six Embracing An Unpredictable Winters Bite

    Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Six Embracing An Unpredictable Winters Bite
    Dec 13 2025
    Thanks for being part of the conversation…Welcome to Forest Stories. A series of short-winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees stuck feet first in Georgia Clay right here in Carolina. It’s been a huge part of my daily writing journey for over 33 years.I’m the Poet In The Forest. A children’s series written and recorded in the 1990s.It’s grown into multiple podcasts that reach around the world.None of it would be possible without this forest in South Charlotte, NC.At the base of Heartbreak Hill sits a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. It’s time you meet what’s inspired several generations.Long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized around this beautiful lake, slow moving streams, flatland swamps and array of natural animals, there were families and business owners who are said to have raced into this area for the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds and grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about it or its buried somewhere inside a family tree. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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    5 mins
  • Forest Stories Episode Ninety Three The Late Summer Cool Breeze

    Forest Stories Episode Ninety Three The Late Summer Cool Breeze
    Dec 13 2025
    Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation
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    2 mins
  • Vocal De Frag Episode 179 Stuck In A Past We Keep Rewriting

    Vocal De Frag Episode 179 Stuck In A Past We Keep Rewriting
    Dec 8 2025
    It's completely natural to base your life story on the interpretation of where you presently stand. I'm no doctor to tell you it's healthy but the junk needs to get out of your trunk. We play the telephone game with how it really went down. Each time a subject is brought up it's given a little twist. After a few years leading into decades... what's the real adventure?
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    5 mins