Orange to a "T" with George Bove Children’s Book Author

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Welcome, everybody, to another

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episode of Connect the Knox.

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I'm your host, Julia Hurley,

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connecting Knoxville to the nation.

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Today's guest is one of the most

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amazing children's book authors,

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and he's specialized in something

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amazing just for Knoxville.

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And if you don't know this man,

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you're about to get to know

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the one and only George Bove.

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Please introduce yourself and let our

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people know how you became who you

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are today with Little Orange Tea and

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tell us a little bit about yourself.

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Da da da!

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Julie, that's a great introduction.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for letting me be on the show

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and having me and the Little Orange Tea.

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We're so excited to be here.

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Like you said, I'm George Bove.

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That's B O V E.

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Orange is my favorite color.

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And I wear a men's medium.

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So if you're thinking about buying

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me something really nice, that'd be

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a men's medium, always in orange.

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And, uh, and, but what I do expect

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is exactly what you got me last year,

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which is absolutely, absolutely nothing.

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Anyway, I joke.

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Yeah.

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So I'm the author.

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I'm the author of The Little Orange Tea,

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so it, it, we're so blessed to, uh, to, my

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wife and I to have come up with The Little

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Orange Tea, and it's just, just a simple

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story of origin, uh, where we come from,

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and, and, uh, and our humble beginnings,

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but more especially the origin of the

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Power Tea, our great Tennessee Power Tea,

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and where it became from, and it's the

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lowercase t, the little orange t, grows up

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to be the Power Tea, pretty simple story.

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It is a very simple story,

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but it's not simple at all.

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It is a very involved story, and

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anybody who hasn't read it, it is,

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it is a truly heartfelt change.

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What is this?

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What is this?

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That's the volunteer he

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decided to come and visit too.

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He's, uh, he's hanging out.

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Anyway, don't, don't

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pay no attention to him.

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He, he's an attention guy.

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He loves to get attention for stuff, huh?

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Anyway, yeah, so the Little Orange

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Tee is, it's a great story, and,

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uh, of his humble beginnings.

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It's all Tennessee and a funny thing

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and a good thing about the Little

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Orange Tee books, it speaks both

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to the parents and to the child.

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So if you're, you know, you're a parent,

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you're watching this or a grandparent,

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you want to read to kids, it's going

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to, uh, it's going to get you to, you

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know, to be interested in the book.

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Also, it's not just for children,

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but it is a lot of great Tennessee

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history, a lot of great Tennessee

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characters in the book, and then all

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sorts of, uh, Tennessee, uh, sports.

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In the book too.

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So yeah, just check it out.

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And then there's a new one

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called the, uh, the Little Orange

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Tea, Great Tennessee Adventure.

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And that one, uh, that one is a great

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story of the Little Orange Tea and Smokey.

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It'll go all around the SEC and they

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visit all their friends around the SEC.

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And they, uh, they, uh, come

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up with some great discoveries.

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There's a lot of big ahas in there.

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I encourage everybody to check it out.

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So, this isn't your first book.

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You had a book before this.

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You have a lot of other books.

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You have a lot of other ideas.

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Share some of your thought process.

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I've been blessed enough,

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Julia, to, uh, to, to write.

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I write, I like to write Christian books.

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Uh, books that, uh, Yeah, that's right.

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Sorry, those guys are confusing.

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The Christian books, uh, that, uh,

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encourage people, uh, that open,

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uh, have some big ahas, but nothing,

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uh, nothing too groundbreaking.

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And so when we have fun, uh, on

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the fun side, we write children's

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books, like one of our favorites,

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one of Smokey's favorites.

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One of Volunteer's favorites

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is, uh, is, uh, this one.

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Ah, what about that?

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Yeah, we like that one a lot, too.

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That's right.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, that one's, uh, that's right.

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You never know, uh, you never know

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what, uh, what's going to show up.

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But yeah, a little orange

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tea, a very contrary fairy.

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It's all good stuff.

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And, and, uh, the Volunteer.

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Our Tennessee grape volunteer

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and smoker, we all agree.

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So tell the audience a little bit about

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you all and about your connection to

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Knoxville and your long history of

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volunteering in the state of Tennessee

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and all the things that you do.

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Because if people even knew the list of

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amazingness that you bring to our area,

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not just including this book, I think that

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they would be more invested in it as well.

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Now, but I think people really

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need to get to know you.

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Tell us about you.

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I, Julie, thank you.

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I think that, uh, it's, it's not the

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person who dies with the most toys wins.

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I think it's the person who,

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uh, serves the most people wins.

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So, and for me, that's where I find my

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joy in, in, uh, Our satisfaction, my wife

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and I, and our pleasure in helping, not

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helping ourselves, but helping others.

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Does that make sense?

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So for us, what a blessing it was

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that Governor Lee appointed me

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to the Volunteer Tennessee Board.

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I mean, it's perfect, right?

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A volunteer state and then the

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governor puts you on this board.

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That's wonderful.

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But you know, from Shrindam and all

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the different things with Shriners

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and Shriners Children, or any kind

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of community group or community

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activity, whether it's even be the

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Chamber of Commerce or, or any kind

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of charity type of thing, all the

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way to, you know, typical community

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stuff being just our church.

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We want to participate as much as we can.

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I don't have a lot of family.

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Julia, you know that, and, uh, and,

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and I don't have a lot of family.

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What family I do have

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isn't very close to here.

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So, the community in itself

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has become our family.

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You're my family.

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And, and we've been friends for a

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long time, and that's easy to say, but

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the folks will know that instantly,

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almost instantly, uh, we've become

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friends and family with folks.

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And, uh, and I think that the little

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orange T Uh, really solidifies all that.

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When Little Orange Tee became part

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of the University of Tennessee family

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of characters, uh, we see our friend

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Volunteer and we see our friend

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Smokey and they, they show up, right?

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And, and, and they're, uh,

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they're all part of the family.

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Then they adopt, like me, uh, the Little

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Orange Tee into the family of characters.

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And now the Little Orange Tee

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is, is a part of that fabric.

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And so aren't we?

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And, and that's only done not by.

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Getting the most from folks,

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but giving the most to folks.

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Does that make sense?

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Absolutely, 100%.

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Tell everybody, because this is a

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nationally broadcast podcast, right?

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Hey everybody!

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So we only talk about local people,

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for local people, so people outside

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can see what's available and

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who's available locally to them to

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understand more about Knoxville.

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I mean, honestly, I don't even, I, I'm

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going to ask you to brag on yourself

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because I can't do that for you right now.

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I want you to tell everybody all the

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things you're involved in because

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if anybody wants to connect with

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you coming into Knoxville, they need

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to know what they're connecting to.

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Yes, yes.

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Yes, yeah, absolutely.

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Listen, first of all, welcome each

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and every one of y'all that are

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looking or thinking about looking

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or, or even considering East

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Tennessee and the Knoxville area.

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There's no better choice.

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I mean, there's a reason why the

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interstate is jammed up every

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day for people coming here.

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There's a reason why we have

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the number one visited national

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park in the United States.

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You could take any visitorship,

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put it together and doesn't

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equal our one national park.

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There's a reason why.

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And you all, uh Know that.

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That's why you're looking.

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I want to encourage you to continue not

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to just look, but to, to come and become

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a part of the fabric of our community.

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It's, uh, it's incredible.

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People are still kind.

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People are still polite.

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People still say yes, sir, and

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no, sir, please, and thank you.

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Yes, ma'am, no, ma'am,

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and hello, how are you?

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Not only that, Uh, and you all understand

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if you're looking here, you're looking

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here because, uh, uh, not just for the

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wholesomeness of our community, but, uh,

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the value of a dollar, uh, your dollar

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is going to go even so much further than

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it ever, than it ever could imagine in

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probably some of the places that you're

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coming from, and I'm not going to talk

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those places down, but what I want you

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to see, uh, from East Tennessee, is

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that this is, I wasn't born here, not

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at all, it's not my original birthplace.

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But it doesn't matter, Julia, and

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the folks who are watching, it

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doesn't matter where you're born.

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I think it only matters

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where you're buried.

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And by God, I'll be buried

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right here in East Tennessee.

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Uh, this is my home.

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It always has been my home.

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Um, God doesn't make a lot of

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mistakes, Julia, I want you to

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know, but I was supposed to have

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been born in East Tennessee.

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That's just all there is to it.

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Now, I don't know if that's a God

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mistake or the stork who delivered me.

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I believe the stork messed up.

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He didn't have GPS back then.

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Needless to say, those folks, uh, I

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would encourage you to continue to look.

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The values are here.

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The opportunities are here.

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The investment opportunities are beyond.

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I, my wife and I have been so

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incredibly blessed, uh, with

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investments in properties.

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And, uh, not only that, if you have

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kids or planning on having kids,

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it's a great place for the kids to

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come up with the true core values of

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volunteers, of service, of community.

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And if you're not, uh, with children

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and maybe you're past that age and

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you're, uh, you're, I don't know

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what they call it, but you don't

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have kids at the house anymore.

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What do they call that?

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Empty nesters.

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Yeah, so maybe you're an empty nester.

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I don't know what that is, but I

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would tell you that there's so much

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activities and so many fun things to do.

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Not just counting church activities

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or community groups, things of

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that nature, but the lakes, the

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trails, the mountains, the rivers.

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It's just beautiful opportunity to get

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outside and enjoy everything outside

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in a beautiful place that enjoys.

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We enjoy six months of summer every year.

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It's six months.

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A lot of these amazing,

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beautiful things in your books.

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And you, yes, yes, you really do.

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That's

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right.

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Well, that's right.

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Yeah.

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For your book, like all of these

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amazing things that you're talking

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about, you include all of this

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in your book, Little Orange Tea.

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And what's the other

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one that just came out?

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It's a Little Orange T's

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Great Tennessee Adventure.

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It's called the Great Tennessee Adventure.

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And you can, yeah, so these folks,

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Julia, you're right, they can read the

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books or, or get the book right now.

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I would encourage you, especially the

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Little Orange T, you're going to see all

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across the great state of Tennessee, from

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Memphis to Bristol, uh, from Nashville to

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Chattanooga, all across the whole state.

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Everything you could actually think

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about from Knoxville, Tennessee, and

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the Great Smoky Mountains, and, and

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then You're really going to get the

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true meaning of why people bleed orange.

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Why we say, I bleed orange.

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Why I am orange and white

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and that's all I am.

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You'll, you'll, it, it will consume you.

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It will.

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It'll, it'll consume you to the point

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that you just say, You take off your

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Buffalo Bills hat, you throw away your

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San Francisco 49ers, you're going to take

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your, uh, you take your, your, your silly

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old, uh, Michigan hat, and whatever it

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is, you're going to take them and you're

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just going to put on that orange lid,

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just like that, and say, here we go.

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All right, then, just like that.

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What, what brought you to Tennessee?

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What, what started this whole process?

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Wow, you know, listen, Tennessee, there's

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one word, uh, that brings anybody to

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Tennessee, and the word is opportunity.

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There's still a place God has blessed

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with opportunity and, uh, it, whether it's

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tech, uh, whether it's, uh, whether it's,

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uh, uh, uh, the, in the hospital industry,

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whether it's manufacturing, uh, it

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doesn't matter if it's a building trades

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type industry, uh, there is opportunity

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in Tennessee, unlike any other state.

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An opportunity that's offered right out.

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If you have any kind of energy

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and a little bit of motivation,

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we all know that real estate is

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location, location, location.

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Our team at Just Homes Group

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Realty Executives has the true

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expertise, pairing buyers and

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sellers with the right opportunities.

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Whether you're looking to buy or

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sell a home right here in Knoxville,

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Lenore City, Clinton, or Farragut.

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We have the expertise throughout

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every Knoxville surrounding area.

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Tell us about the process of the

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ideas behind Little Orange Tea.

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How long did it take you to Go

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through this process and create these

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characters in this book, in this story,

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because it is such a great story.

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I know it takes, I know it takes more than

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that, but what was the process for you to

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create these characters, and how did you

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go about finding your illustrator and all

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of the things and the ideas behind it?

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Yeah, so that's, that,

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that was really something.

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That's a, that's a tough question.

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I had the idea of the Little Orange Tee,

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Because we all come from somewhere, right?

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And the lower case T grows

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up to be the power T.

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So I had that idea, but then I

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thought, well, it really needs to be

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all consuming for Tennessee, all that

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research, you know, that typical stuff

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that you do to write a book or to tell

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a really good story was done, but.

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The trouble is, the real trouble was,

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and then of course you know your rhyme,

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you got the fun book and your rhyme,

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like the Contrary Fairy, it's got

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great rhymes in it, and at one time you

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probably had to want to be a rapper, you

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know, like, we could, we could, we could

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rapper kind of guy, but You know, you

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gotta leave the cuss words out, right?

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You can't write a children's book

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and have the rapping cuss words.

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So, you know, washed up rapper

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who, you know, ends up writing

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funny little children's books.

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But the hard part really is,

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is finding A good illustrator,

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somebody who can put your word,

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bring your words to life, right?

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And that, that, there's an art to

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that, that my illustrator Christy Lynch

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brought, that's just incredible because

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our pictures are watercolor paintings.

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Every picture is a painting,

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uh, and watercolor because, uh,

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because kids could duplicate it.

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I wanted pictures that kids could trace

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or, or they could hand draw themselves

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so it wasn't out of reach for them.

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Um, but, and then watercolors where it

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bleeds a little bit, the colors aren't so

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perfect, uh, and it has that organic feel.

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Now all that's artsy fartsy stuff,

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you know, okay, but to find an

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illustrator that could really bring

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your words to life took A year, a

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year and a half easy to find it.

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And, and then the work it takes, it took

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two years from writing the little orange

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T two years to before it was published.

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And to say that without being long winded

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to find a publisher, who's going to stand

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by you, who's going to help to promote

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you and one that more, especially that's

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going to believe in your, in your story

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and your product, then, you know, as well

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as I do, that's very difficult to find.

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And, uh, and we found that in Jan Carroll.

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Uh, right?

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Out of, uh, out of

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Johnson City, Tennessee.

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So the book is all Tennessee, written

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in Tennessee, all about Tennessee.

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Tons of Tennessee history, Tennessee

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illustrator, and a Tennessee publisher.

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So we kept it 100 percent orange.

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I love that.

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I think that a lot of people from

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out of state, as we continue to see

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Tennessee grow, really want a connection

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that's localized, and they just don't

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know where to find that information.

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Who to connect to, but they see your book.

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Where all is your book?

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I believe I saw a copy of that in

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the, um, I'm gonna, I don't even

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remember what store I was in on campus.

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I don't even remember the name of it.

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Wow, so you had a little orange tea.

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Alright, get your pens out.

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Everybody get your pen.

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Ready?

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All right, very, it's very simple.

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First of all, Amazon, right?

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We all know Amazon.

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That's the easy one, uh, Amazon,

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of course, Barnes Noble, who's been

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incredibly supportive to us, the Vol

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Shop on campus, uh, and yeah, that's

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right, the Vol Shop, Hound Dogs has

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been incredibly supportive of us,

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but we've, we've breached the gap.

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We're at Walmart, So

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you can go to walmart.

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com or, uh, uh, you're probably your local

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Walmart somewhere in Lansing, Michigan.

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It's not going to have it,

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but you can get it at walmart.

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com.

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Sorry.

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We're sorry.

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Anyway, but you can, Target, Target.

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com has the, has the Little Orange

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Tea and the Little Orange Tea's Great

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Tennessee Adventure, both books.

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Um, and uh, if you can't find it

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anywhere from there, I seen it on eBay.

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Now I know a lot of people don't go

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to eBay anymore, uh, but I seen it on

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eBay and it was greatly overpriced.

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So if you can't shop from Amazon, buy

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it on ebay for an absorbent price,

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that somebody's trying to get for it.

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I don't know why they're doing that.

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Maybe it was one of the

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first signed copies.

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Well we didn't number them, so you

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could tell anyone it was a first signed

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copy, because I never numbered them.

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Listen, if you want, and let me speak

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directly to your audience if you don't,

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if you really want to check out the

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book, and you really want to get a

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feel for Tennessee, go online and punch

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in Little Orange T, and coach, that's

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coach, like football coach, Johnny.

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J O H N N Y, Majors, Majors, M

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A J M A J O R S, Johnny Majors.

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And Coach, God rest his soul,

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read The Little Orange Tee.

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It was one of the last things he'd done

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publicly, uh, before he gave up the ghost.

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Again, God rest his soul, and,

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and, and, and be with his family.

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He reads the book to all the

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kids in Tennessee, and I guess

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all the kids in the world.

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If you really want to check it out before

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you, uh, before you give it a spin,

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listen to Johnny Majors read it because it

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really does come from a Tennessee heart.

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Yeah, I bet that was something.

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I bet that was something.

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Um, How many books do you have

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in the pipeline in your head?

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That's an awesome question.

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So there's right now there's three, uh,

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00:18:12,530 --> 00:18:14,459
there's one that's in the works, one

538
00:18:14,460 --> 00:18:16,689
that's being, it's being illustrated.

539
00:18:17,149 --> 00:18:18,879
And Christy Lynch is back at work on

540
00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,890
that for me, and that's getting ready

541
00:18:20,890 --> 00:18:24,320
to go to, go to publishing in May.

542
00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,070
So hopefully she has the pictures done.

543
00:18:26,629 --> 00:18:28,580
May, June, hopefully this, for this,

544
00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,649
for this holiday season, pardon me.

545
00:18:31,060 --> 00:18:33,160
I had a big old venti, uh, big

546
00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,470
gigantic coffee this morning,

547
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,560
you know, and so I'm super hyper.

548
00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,240
Uh oh, uh oh, I showed you

549
00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,400
who was controlling the guy.

550
00:18:41,550 --> 00:18:42,299
I'm sorry about that.

551
00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:43,040
Let me put it back down.

552
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:43,629
Yeah, there we go.

553
00:18:43,949 --> 00:18:44,889
Yeah, a couple of books.

554
00:18:44,889 --> 00:18:46,179
I got, I got a few in the

555
00:18:46,179 --> 00:18:48,689
pipe, but you know, really

556
00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:50,070
it's about creating awareness.

557
00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:51,700
And thank you, Julia, for giving

558
00:18:51,700 --> 00:18:52,810
me that opportunity to create

559
00:18:52,810 --> 00:18:54,410
awareness of the Little Orange Tea.

560
00:18:54,995 --> 00:18:56,145
And The Little Orange Tee's

561
00:18:56,165 --> 00:18:57,775
Great Tennessee Adventure, both

562
00:18:57,785 --> 00:18:59,835
sitting back here at our humble

563
00:18:59,855 --> 00:19:01,205
abode here in East Tennessee.

564
00:19:01,465 --> 00:19:03,515
I remember, I remember your very first

565
00:19:03,515 --> 00:19:07,684
book, and that was very, it touched me

566
00:19:07,684 --> 00:19:09,505
at the right time, at the right moment.

567
00:19:09,535 --> 00:19:11,005
It was very helpful.

568
00:19:11,604 --> 00:19:12,715
Yes, it was a beautiful book.

569
00:19:12,725 --> 00:19:13,629
It was a beautiful book.

570
00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:14,690
And then you came out

571
00:19:14,690 --> 00:19:15,490
with Little Orange Tea.

572
00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:16,973
I was like, what is this?

573
00:19:16,973 --> 00:19:18,499
This is

574
00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:18,910
amazing.

575
00:19:18,930 --> 00:19:19,820
I can't believe it.

576
00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:20,930
How many years?

577
00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:22,170
Are we on a decade now?

578
00:19:22,170 --> 00:19:23,230
Are we celebrating 10 years?

579
00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:24,510
Yeah, over 10 years.

580
00:19:24,550 --> 00:19:27,439
10 years of authoring, authoring and,

581
00:19:27,490 --> 00:19:29,390
and, uh, and, and publishing books.

582
00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,929
And yeah, and a lot of stuff.

583
00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:34,440
You know, God bless a lot of sales.

584
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,410
I mean, everybody who's bought books

585
00:19:36,410 --> 00:19:37,770
or come out for our signings and

586
00:19:37,770 --> 00:19:39,879
stuff, just so greatly appreciate it.

587
00:19:39,879 --> 00:19:41,840
And I just, you know, and I, I goof

588
00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,149
around, you know, with the children's

589
00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:44,960
books, but the Christian books are

590
00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:46,479
serious and, and, you know, they

591
00:19:46,479 --> 00:19:48,219
talk about love and kindness and

592
00:19:48,219 --> 00:19:50,879
patience and, uh, and more especially

593
00:19:50,879 --> 00:19:53,070
to find joy in life, you know?

594
00:19:53,159 --> 00:19:55,939
So, and those things really lead

595
00:19:55,939 --> 00:19:57,610
themselves into, into the little

596
00:19:57,610 --> 00:19:58,810
orange tee because these books,

597
00:19:59,009 --> 00:20:01,719
they, they, uh, they're not.

598
00:20:01,955 --> 00:20:03,635
Uh, Christian based books, but they are

599
00:20:03,665 --> 00:20:05,635
Christian focused books, if that makes

600
00:20:05,635 --> 00:20:07,875
sense, about love and, and being kind

601
00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:10,225
to each other and being good volunteers.

602
00:20:10,284 --> 00:20:10,945
I love that.

603
00:20:11,254 --> 00:20:13,214
Can you tell us a little bit, so the

604
00:20:13,215 --> 00:20:14,615
next book that you, the next couple

605
00:20:14,615 --> 00:20:16,034
of books that Christy's doing for you,

606
00:20:16,034 --> 00:20:18,245
are they, are they more orange tea?

607
00:20:18,314 --> 00:20:18,965
Are they little orange

608
00:20:18,965 --> 00:20:20,899
tea, like, adventures?

609
00:20:21,970 --> 00:20:23,450
That's, it is a good question.

610
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:23,880
Okay.

611
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,550
Give me a second.

612
00:20:25,790 --> 00:20:26,190
Yeah.

613
00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,169
So I know she does have good questions.

614
00:20:29,169 --> 00:20:29,460
Right?

615
00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:33,409
Uh, look, so the next one that Christy's

616
00:20:33,409 --> 00:20:35,319
working on right now is just huge

617
00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:37,540
Tennessee and it's all about Rocky top.

618
00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:39,519
And I, it's hard to, I don't, I don't

619
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,170
really want to say a lot about it.

620
00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:41,870
I'm sorry.

621
00:20:41,870 --> 00:20:42,010
I

622
00:20:42,030 --> 00:20:42,740
know that's okay.

623
00:20:42,740 --> 00:20:43,160
I'm okay.

624
00:20:43,530 --> 00:20:44,870
Where was the tea?

625
00:20:45,030 --> 00:20:45,370
Yeah.

626
00:20:45,370 --> 00:20:46,780
Smokey's in it and the, and the

627
00:20:46,780 --> 00:20:48,250
Smokey mountains are in it and

628
00:20:48,250 --> 00:20:50,715
there's Just so much Tennessee

629
00:20:50,725 --> 00:20:53,765
in it and really the heartland,

630
00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:55,535
the heart of Tennessee is in it.

631
00:20:55,535 --> 00:20:59,435
And when it's, it's a, it's a rocky top

632
00:20:59,435 --> 00:21:03,284
book and, and when I just, it's hard to

633
00:21:03,284 --> 00:21:05,894
say a lot about it, but it's just so good.

634
00:21:05,894 --> 00:21:07,829
And I'll be frank with you.

635
00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:10,250
When I wrote the book, and you know,

636
00:21:10,250 --> 00:21:11,580
you write them, Julian, you know,

637
00:21:11,580 --> 00:21:12,860
you've written it, and you understand,

638
00:21:13,010 --> 00:21:14,870
you kind of set it aside because

639
00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,820
you're consumed with it, and then you

640
00:21:16,830 --> 00:21:18,550
go on through life a little bit and

641
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,429
enjoy some things, maybe come back

642
00:21:20,430 --> 00:21:22,150
a few weeks later or a month later.

643
00:21:22,430 --> 00:21:23,860
When I came back, it was a month

644
00:21:23,860 --> 00:21:26,009
later, and I read the book, I cried.

645
00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:28,620
It was such, I kid you not,

646
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:29,820
I literally was teared up.

647
00:21:30,130 --> 00:21:32,860
I couldn't believe that I wrote that.

648
00:21:33,170 --> 00:21:35,120
I thought, what happened to you, dude?

649
00:21:35,409 --> 00:21:37,739
Right, but it was, it's really, uh, it's

650
00:21:37,739 --> 00:21:40,249
really a lot of fun and, uh, and I can't

651
00:21:40,249 --> 00:21:42,070
wait for the Rocky Top book to come out.

652
00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:43,970
It's, it's on its way and

653
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:45,350
it's gonna be incredible and

654
00:21:45,350 --> 00:21:46,559
Smoke's super excited about it.

655
00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:47,679
He's shaking like crazy,

656
00:21:47,689 --> 00:21:48,439
he can't stand it.

657
00:21:49,679 --> 00:21:50,880
Smoke, you wanted to say that you

658
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,289
were just look so beautiful and you

659
00:21:52,289 --> 00:21:53,810
have a great smile today, Julia.

660
00:21:53,910 --> 00:21:55,700
I feel like I'm very happy.

661
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:56,980
It's, it's really great weather.

662
00:21:57,909 --> 00:21:59,149
Makes me super happy.

663
00:21:59,595 --> 00:22:03,355
Um, so, what this will publish, I believe

664
00:22:03,645 --> 00:22:05,585
this episode may air in the next three

665
00:22:05,585 --> 00:22:07,445
or four weeks, depending on how many

666
00:22:07,445 --> 00:22:09,905
we have already recorded previously.

667
00:22:11,765 --> 00:22:13,515
Just give everybody an idea of where they

668
00:22:13,515 --> 00:22:15,634
can, are you going to have any signings

669
00:22:15,664 --> 00:22:17,204
coming up, where people can actually

670
00:22:17,205 --> 00:22:19,044
meet you one on one, do you have anything

671
00:22:19,054 --> 00:22:20,904
planned over the next few months for that?

672
00:22:21,345 --> 00:22:22,295
No, really don't.

673
00:22:22,325 --> 00:22:23,555
We'll have, we'll have

674
00:22:23,555 --> 00:22:24,675
the new book come out.

675
00:22:24,745 --> 00:22:27,425
Um, we're working on a book signing

676
00:22:28,045 --> 00:22:29,825
at Hound Dogs, you know, a couple

677
00:22:29,825 --> 00:22:31,615
of Tennessee outlets like that.

678
00:22:32,195 --> 00:22:35,054
Um, I don't know, uh, oh my

679
00:22:35,055 --> 00:22:36,565
god, I'm getting notes here.

680
00:22:36,995 --> 00:22:40,544
Okay, no, I'm sorry.

681
00:22:42,205 --> 00:22:43,165
Come on, dude, really?

682
00:22:43,705 --> 00:22:44,915
All right, I'll, yep.

683
00:22:45,295 --> 00:22:46,445
Our Tennessee volunteer wanted to

684
00:22:46,445 --> 00:22:48,165
find out if you're single, Julia.

685
00:22:48,265 --> 00:22:49,134
He's, he's single.

686
00:22:49,435 --> 00:22:50,645
Ah, see that?

687
00:22:50,645 --> 00:22:56,005
All right.

688
00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:57,984
He's gone now.

689
00:22:57,984 --> 00:22:58,865
He left.

690
00:22:59,655 --> 00:23:00,154
He's out.

691
00:23:00,695 --> 00:23:01,615
He's been hanging around

692
00:23:01,615 --> 00:23:02,605
for that the whole time.

693
00:23:02,605 --> 00:23:03,334
That's messed up.

694
00:23:03,334 --> 00:23:04,485
I thought he was here to support me.

695
00:23:05,085 --> 00:23:06,324
Um, yeah, nothing,

696
00:23:06,334 --> 00:23:07,544
nothing major coming up.

697
00:23:07,545 --> 00:23:09,725
The two books, The Little Orange Tee here.

698
00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:11,190
And then the Great Tennessee Adventure

699
00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:13,450
right here, uh, they're just on the move.

700
00:23:13,450 --> 00:23:14,420
They're doing their things.

701
00:23:14,420 --> 00:23:16,290
This is kind of the quiet season,

702
00:23:16,530 --> 00:23:18,060
especially when it comes for things

703
00:23:18,060 --> 00:23:21,469
with the sports oriented, uh, you

704
00:23:21,469 --> 00:23:23,629
know, Julia, and those folks who

705
00:23:23,629 --> 00:23:25,979
may not know, we're in between

706
00:23:25,979 --> 00:23:27,829
football season and stuff like that.

707
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:29,949
Now baseball season's fired up and they're

708
00:23:29,949 --> 00:23:32,220
a great team and they're killing it.

709
00:23:33,199 --> 00:23:34,649
Wait a second, we just got one coming.

710
00:23:36,020 --> 00:23:36,440
That's it.

711
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:36,960
That's it.

712
00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:39,380
My buddy, my buddy left,

713
00:23:39,380 --> 00:23:40,450
but this is what he left me.

714
00:23:40,450 --> 00:23:42,540
So, and I'll tell you what, wearing a

715
00:23:42,550 --> 00:23:44,829
coonskin cap, wearing a coonskin cap

716
00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:46,560
around Tennessee is perfectly acceptable.

717
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,260
As a matter of fact, you might

718
00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:49,469
become pretty popular, right?

719
00:23:49,869 --> 00:23:50,199
Yeah.

720
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:52,239
Anyway, yeah, not a whole lot.

721
00:23:52,270 --> 00:23:54,520
Uh, we'll, we'll set up some things and

722
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,109
we're working with Jan Carroll Publishing

723
00:23:56,459 --> 00:23:58,439
to see what they have in store for us.

724
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,290
But other than that, just really trying

725
00:24:00,290 --> 00:24:02,280
to do some, uh, electronic promotions,

726
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,049
like what you're doing for us here, uh,

727
00:24:04,050 --> 00:24:05,649
social media and things of that nature.

728
00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:06,614
We love that.

729
00:24:06,865 --> 00:24:09,379
And we've only got a few minutes podcast

730
00:24:09,610 --> 00:24:11,300
as a whole, so I want to do, I want to

731
00:24:11,699 --> 00:24:13,199
change the focus and make sure, one,

732
00:24:13,199 --> 00:24:14,639
everybody knows the titles of your

733
00:24:14,639 --> 00:24:16,649
books, so restate those for everybody.

734
00:24:16,919 --> 00:24:18,179
This is the Little Orange T.

735
00:24:18,189 --> 00:24:18,909
Let me, let me see if

736
00:24:18,909 --> 00:24:19,750
I can get it over here.

737
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:22,539
Little Orange T, uh, the Little Orange,

738
00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:24,120
and you can see he's a T right there.

739
00:24:24,259 --> 00:24:25,469
He goes up to be the Big Power T.

740
00:24:26,089 --> 00:24:27,550
And this bad boy right here, now this

741
00:24:27,550 --> 00:24:29,030
is the new one, The Little Orange T's

742
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:30,419
Great Tennessee Adventure with Smokey.

743
00:24:30,890 --> 00:24:32,929
So these two books are available

744
00:24:33,419 --> 00:24:34,750
pretty much everywhere you could look,

745
00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:36,790
everywhere you could possibly find a book.

746
00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:38,340
And even if you don't live in Tennessee

747
00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:40,394
You might wanna read them to your kids.

748
00:24:40,394 --> 00:24:40,784
Anyways,

749
00:24:41,054 --> 00:24:42,134
it's a great story.

750
00:24:42,485 --> 00:24:45,935
What would your dreams be for anybody

751
00:24:45,935 --> 00:24:49,295
to pass on, say any kids that wanna come

752
00:24:49,295 --> 00:24:50,975
out and say, I wanna write something like

753
00:24:50,975 --> 00:24:52,385
this, or, I love this, I wanna learn how

754
00:24:52,385 --> 00:24:54,065
to do this, or, I have a passion for this.

755
00:24:54,065 --> 00:24:55,385
What advice would you give them?

756
00:24:55,565 --> 00:24:55,775
Sure.

757
00:24:55,775 --> 00:24:58,105
For the younger folks, first of all, to

758
00:24:58,105 --> 00:25:00,835
read every day, read, read a little bit.

759
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:02,815
And, and I'm not, I, I could

760
00:25:02,815 --> 00:25:03,985
tell you a, a funny story.

761
00:25:03,985 --> 00:25:05,875
I met this, uh, I signed books a

762
00:25:05,875 --> 00:25:08,024
lot and I met this gal and, uh.

763
00:25:08,510 --> 00:25:10,170
She said to me, somebody

764
00:25:10,170 --> 00:25:11,370
introduced me as an author.

765
00:25:11,370 --> 00:25:13,000
I find that kind of strange anyways,

766
00:25:13,010 --> 00:25:14,470
but they introduced me as an author.

767
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:15,540
And I said, she said,

768
00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:16,240
Oh, you're an author?

769
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:17,710
And I said, well, yes, ma'am.

770
00:25:17,710 --> 00:25:18,729
I am.

771
00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:19,650
I reckon so.

772
00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:21,810
And she says, I says, do you like to read?

773
00:25:21,879 --> 00:25:23,790
And she said to me, Julie, she said,

774
00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:26,379
well, yeah, I read Facebook every day.

775
00:25:27,555 --> 00:25:28,625
And you know what I said?

776
00:25:29,044 --> 00:25:30,334
It was nice talking to you.

777
00:25:30,334 --> 00:25:31,344
I hope you have a great day.

778
00:25:32,235 --> 00:25:33,475
So, you know, I'm trying

779
00:25:33,475 --> 00:25:34,165
to encourage kids.

780
00:25:34,165 --> 00:25:35,635
Reading is not Facebook.

781
00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:36,644
You're going to read a little bit.

782
00:25:36,644 --> 00:25:38,334
Something with some good words, right?

783
00:25:38,584 --> 00:25:39,844
Something with a good story.

784
00:25:40,094 --> 00:25:41,804
And uh, read a little bit every day.

785
00:25:41,834 --> 00:25:43,175
And then what it's going to cause you

786
00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:45,064
to do is, is use your imagination.

787
00:25:45,725 --> 00:25:47,745
And that imagination will cause

788
00:25:47,745 --> 00:25:49,245
you to create, uh, to write books.

789
00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:50,570
And when you write those books,

790
00:25:50,570 --> 00:25:52,219
it's so much fun to go out and

791
00:25:52,219 --> 00:25:53,479
share them with other people.

792
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,759
And, uh, and then they, uh, they use

793
00:25:57,759 --> 00:25:59,669
their imagination with your imagination.

794
00:25:59,669 --> 00:26:00,619
It's just a beautiful thing.

795
00:26:00,790 --> 00:26:02,060
Does that answer your question?

796
00:26:02,620 --> 00:26:02,989
100%.

797
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,409
I think that's some of the best things.

798
00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:06,449
When we meet kids and they ask questions

799
00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:08,590
like, How many books a day do you read?

800
00:26:08,930 --> 00:26:09,999
What are you reading right now?

801
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,580
And the better the vocabulary

802
00:26:12,580 --> 00:26:14,080
possibilities are, the more they

803
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,050
imagine what words can mean, and the

804
00:26:16,050 --> 00:26:17,639
more they understand the meanings of

805
00:26:17,639 --> 00:26:18,899
the world around them, and then they

806
00:26:18,899 --> 00:26:20,730
can create a new world for themselves.

807
00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:21,770
Sure, that's right.

808
00:26:21,770 --> 00:26:23,760
And you know, Julia, at one

809
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,540
time I used to be contrary too.

810
00:26:28,379 --> 00:26:29,189
I'm still contrary.

811
00:26:29,189 --> 00:26:30,869
What are you talking about?

812
00:26:32,749 --> 00:26:33,859
That was a powerful statement.

813
00:26:35,270 --> 00:26:35,510
Huh?

814
00:26:36,449 --> 00:26:36,810
That's right.

815
00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:38,839
That's it.

816
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:39,080
That's right.

817
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,340
Anyway, the, uh, look at, uh,

818
00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:43,999
for the younger folks to read

819
00:26:43,999 --> 00:26:45,860
every day and, and then use your

820
00:26:45,860 --> 00:26:47,540
creativity, your imagination.

821
00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:48,229
It's okay.

822
00:26:48,559 --> 00:26:50,169
Uh, not everything has been done yet.

823
00:26:50,729 --> 00:26:51,959
Uh, we're living proof of that.

824
00:26:51,959 --> 00:26:52,659
You and I both.

825
00:26:52,669 --> 00:26:53,780
Not everything's been done yet.

826
00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:56,060
So, use your imagination stills.

827
00:26:56,060 --> 00:26:58,320
There's a lot of creativity left, and

828
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,790
there's a lot of ingenuity, uh, that

829
00:27:00,790 --> 00:27:02,699
needs to be, that needs to be worked on.

830
00:27:03,050 --> 00:27:05,110
So, I would encourage every one of them

831
00:27:05,110 --> 00:27:07,149
to read, and to use your imagination.

832
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:07,499
George!

833
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:08,800
so much for being our guest

834
00:27:09,050 --> 00:27:10,960
today on Connect the Knox.

835
00:27:11,140 --> 00:27:13,180
It is very, very, very important that

836
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,630
each and every person that listens

837
00:27:14,630 --> 00:27:16,120
in and tunes in and we appreciate it.

838
00:27:16,150 --> 00:27:18,090
We have a little over 17, 000 listens

839
00:27:18,090 --> 00:27:19,990
a month and we appreciate your support.

840
00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:21,359
17, 000?

841
00:27:21,970 --> 00:27:24,930
17, We just got our trademark in today.

842
00:27:25,159 --> 00:27:26,849
Uh, so we, we finally got our

843
00:27:26,850 --> 00:27:28,900
trademark approved and, uh, Connecting

844
00:27:28,900 --> 00:27:30,610
Knoxville to the Nation is a tagline

845
00:27:30,670 --> 00:27:32,080
that was also approved for trademark.

846
00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:33,910
I encourage every listener to please

847
00:27:33,910 --> 00:27:36,010
go look up George Bove in his app.

848
00:27:37,540 --> 00:27:38,750
Because all of his books will be

849
00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:40,629
listed there, regardless of whether you

850
00:27:40,629 --> 00:27:43,020
need some Christian motivation, some

851
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,260
support, or you have a hankering to

852
00:27:45,260 --> 00:27:46,480
learn a little more about Tennessee,

853
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,969
because the history inside of his

854
00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:49,540
books from Memphis to Mountain City.

855
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,136
And there's my book!

856
00:27:52,136 --> 00:27:53,683
You got that

857
00:27:53,683 --> 00:27:54,198
right!

858
00:27:54,198 --> 00:27:56,190
And he's co helping me here.

859
00:27:58,315 --> 00:28:00,165
Decade of celebration for Little Orange

860
00:28:00,165 --> 00:28:02,565
Tee and it's one of the best children's

861
00:28:02,565 --> 00:28:04,495
books I've seen that is located

862
00:28:04,505 --> 00:28:06,825
just for one space, except it's not.

863
00:28:06,845 --> 00:28:08,165
University of Tennessee has the

864
00:28:08,165 --> 00:28:09,375
second largest fan base in the

865
00:28:09,375 --> 00:28:11,145
world and this book has touched

866
00:28:11,165 --> 00:28:12,595
each and every one of those people.

867
00:28:13,024 --> 00:28:14,575
Please go and visit Little Orange

868
00:28:14,575 --> 00:28:16,985
Tee and George Bove in Amazon.

869
00:28:18,885 --> 00:28:20,355
I want to say thank you to the

870
00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:21,645
Little Smokey and Volunteer for

871
00:28:21,645 --> 00:28:23,395
also joining us on today's podcast.

872
00:28:26,754 --> 00:28:28,304
George, we'll see you very soon.

873
00:28:28,514 --> 00:28:29,445
Thank you so much.

874
00:28:29,465 --> 00:28:31,064
Everybody, again, thank you for tuning in

875
00:28:31,064 --> 00:28:33,574
to another episode of Connect the Knox.

876
00:28:33,995 --> 00:28:35,764
I'm your host, Julia Hurley,

877
00:28:35,965 --> 00:28:38,185
connecting Knoxville to the nation.

878
00:28:38,284 --> 00:28:39,445
Until next time.

879
00:28:40,625 --> 00:28:41,234
Bye, Julia.

880
00:28:41,234 --> 00:28:41,615
We love you.

881
00:28:43,094 --> 00:28:44,824
Thank you for tuning into the show.

882
00:28:45,114 --> 00:28:47,214
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883
00:28:47,294 --> 00:28:50,264
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884
00:28:50,570 --> 00:28:52,020
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885
00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:53,540
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886
00:28:53,870 --> 00:28:55,250
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887
00:28:55,479 --> 00:28:57,280
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888
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,530
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