>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "THE

WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED BY:

>> WITH THE HOLIDAYS PASSED,

HOOSIERS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND

ARE SETTLING INTO A LONG WINTER

SEASON.

>> WE HAVE "THE WEEKLY SPECIAL"

STORIES THAT WILL KEEP WINTER

BLUES AWAY.

>> MEET AN EXTRAORDINARY BROWN

COUNTY ARTIST WHO TURNED HIS

HOBBY INTO A HAIR RAISING

CAREER.

AND INDULGE YOUR SWEET TOOTH AT

CHOCOLATE FOR THE SPIRIT.

JOURNEY TO UPLAND PEAKS

SANCTUARY, AND ENJOY THE

HAUNTING MELODIES OF LILLIAN

MADELINE.

>> IT'S ALL COMING UP RIGHT HERE

ON "THE WEEKLY SPECIAL."

♪♪

>> WELCOME TO "THE WEEKLY

SPECIAL," I'M DARRYL NEHER.

>> AND I'M ERICA SAGON.

WE HAVE A LONG STRETCH OF WINTER

AHEAD OF US.

HOW ARE YOU COPING.

>> GOOD BOOKS, BINGE WATCHING TV

AND MOVIES AND THROWS IN A LOT

OF SLEEP.

>> I LIKE YOUR STYLE.

WE HAVE IDEAS FOR ME AND DARRYL

ON WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE WINTER

MONTHS AHEAD.

FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S NEVER A

BETTER TIME TO TAKE UP A NEW

HOBBY THAN WHEN YOU ARE COOPED

UP INSIDE.

FOR ARTIST CHRIS TROTTER, HIS

NEW HOBBY TURNED INTO AN

EXCITING CAREER CHANGE.

♪♪

>> I REALLY THOUGHT WHEN I WAS

COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, I

WOULD GO INTO SCIENCE.

ART WAS LIKE THE LAST THING THAT

I THOUGHT I WOULD DO.

THINGS AREN'T EXACTLY AS YOU

THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE, YOU

FIND YOUR WAY ONE WAY OR

ANOTHER, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS

MEANT TO DO.

I JUST THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY

I LOVE THE ART AND SO IT JUST

KIND OF FINDS YOU EVENTUALLY.

MY GREAT, GREAT, GRANDFATHER WAS

A FAMOUS SCULPTOR AT NOTRE DAME.

THE WOOD WORKING CAME FROM JUST

BEING A CARPENTER, YOU KNOW.

HAVING EXTRA PIECES OF WOOD AT

NIGHT AND I WOULD JUST TAKE IT

AND KIND OF MESS WITH IT IN THE

GARAGE.

SOMETHING JUST TOLD ME I NEEDED

TO DO THIS.

ONCE YOU SET YOUR WILL TO GO DO

SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST

GOT TO GO DO SOMETHING OF I

HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK SINCE THEN.

>> USING TOOLS, YOU GET A SENSE

OF HOW THINGS PUSH AND PULL AND

THAT'S ONE OF THE PAIN THINGS.

YOU HAVE GOT TO KNOW HOW THE

CHAIN SAW TURNS AND EVERYTHING,

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DIFFERENT

PRESSORS AND STUFF AND IF YOU

PUSH TOO HARD, THEN IT'S JUMPING

ON YOU.

AND IF YOU DON'T PUSH HARD

ENOUGH, THEN IT'S NOT CUTTING.

IT'S DEFINITELY PRACTICE AND YOU

HAVE TO DO IT ALMOST EVERY DAY,

BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU BACK OFF

AND TAKE OFF A FEW DAYS, THEN

YOU REGRESS.

ONCE I STARTED USING IT, IT JUST

BECAME A PART OF ME.

MOST PEOPLE DRAW SOMETHING ON

THE PIECE, BUT I DON'T.

I JUST A PICTURE OF WHAT I'M

WORKING WITH AND I JUST KIND OF

START.

A BIG PART OF IT IS WHEN YOU ARE

A CARPENTER AND YOU ARE CUTTING

THESE PIECES OF WOOD AND STUFF,

YOU DEVELOP A PICTURE IN YOUR

HEAD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VISUALIZE

YOURSELF IN THE ROOM, AND WHERE

THESE PIECES HAVE GOT TO GO.

SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING IN

YOUR HEAD.

SO IF YOU USE IT ALL DAY LONG,

EVERY DAY, FOR 15 YEARS, THEN

YOU CAN JUST KIND OF LOOK IN

THERE AND BE ABLE TO SEE.

I USUALLY START ON THE TOP AND

KIND OF WORK MY WAY DOWN FROM

THERE.

I'M BLOCKING OUT AREAS.

SO NOW I CAN ALREADY SEE WHERE I

NEED TO GO.

EACH TIME IT GETS A LITTLE BIT

CLOSER.

EACH YEAR I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE

TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF

PROPORTION.

I LIKE DOING THE BIG THINGS AND

I LIKE TO GO OFF ON A TANGENT

AND DO WHAT I WANT TO DO AS AN

ARTIST.

I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO DO A

FULL-SIZED HORSE AND IT WAS A

MATTER OF WAITING FOR THAT SIZE

OF WOOD.

I'M GETTING LITTLE FLASHBACKS OF

THINGS I SEE, AND SOME THINGS

JUST STICK OUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW?

AND I REMEMBER THEM.

TO SEE THE PROGRESS OF WHAT YOU

CAN MAKE IN ONE DAY, WITH THIS

KIND OF STUFF, IT HAPPENS FAST,

AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DID

SOMETHING THAT DAY.

AND YOU CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR IT

YOURSELF.

IT'S AWESOME, YOU KNOW.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL,

DEFINITELY.

IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW,

WHAT I HAVE DONE IS FULFILLING.

IT MAKES ME REALIZE THAT THIS IS

WHAT I WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, FOR

THE REST OF MY LIFE AND THAT I

ENJOY IT.

>> YOU CAN WATCH CHRIS IN ACTION

AT HIS NASHVILLE STORE, WOODEN

WONDERS AND FIREFLY DREAMS.

GET HOURS AND DIRECTIONS ON

THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

>> ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY,

NOTHING WARMS THE SOUL QUOTE

LIKE THE COMFORT OF FOOD,

ESPECIALLY INDIANAPOLIS'

CHOCOLATE FOR THE SPIRIT.

>> WHEN I GREW UP, MY MOM AND

DAD WORKED AT GENERAL MOTORS AND

THEY WORKED TREMENDOUS HOURS AND

THEY WORKED ALL THE TIME.

I WAS THE OLDEST.

SO I HAD RESPONSIBILITIES,

INCLUDING SOME KITCHEN DETAIL.

GENERAL MOTORS WAS SHUT DOWN

DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AND SO THAT

WAS OUR FAMILY TIME WHICH IS

REAL CONVENIENT.

THAT WAS A TIME THAT WE USED THE

WOODEN SPOONS TO MAKE LOVELY

THINGS LIKE FUDGE IN OUR

KITCHEN.

AND FRANKLY, THAT'S WHEN I

REALLY GOT TO BE A KID IN THE

HOUSE.

I WORKED IN THE CORPORATE WORLD

FOR YEARS.

I HAD A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY

THERE.

I TRAVELED, AND DURING THOSE

TRAVELS, I FELL IN LOVE WITH

SOME CHOCOLATE THAT I TASTED,

THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND HERE.

SO I BEGAN TO HAVE CHOCOLATE

SENT IN SPECIAL FOR MY

ENJOYMENT.

LATER ON IN LIFE, WHEN I DECIDED

I WOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT

FOR ACT THREE AND I ASKED MYSELF

THE QUESTION IF I COULD DO

ANYTHING THAT I WANTED, AND I

DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT FAILURE, WHAT

WOULD IT BE, CHOCOLATE IS WHAT

CAME TO MIND.

SO I HAD NEVER MADE A CHOCOLATE

IN MY LIFE.

SURE, I HAD BAKED SOME BROWNIES

AND CAKES AND THAT TYPE OF THING

BUT I HAD NEVER MADE CHOCOLATE.

I ONLY KNEW THAT I WANTED TO BE

AN ARTISAN CHOCOLATIER AND I

WANTED TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE

BEV AND RAREST CHOCOLATE.

I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WOULD FIND

IT BUT I WAS PRETTY DETERMINED

THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO

DO.

FOR ONE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO

WORK WITH.

IT'S A CHALLENGE.

THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN.

IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT

PEOPLE CAN JUST READILY PICK UP.

THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED.

A LOT OF SCIENCE.

MOST CHOCOLATE THAT WE HAD BEEN

BROUGHT ON, THE BEANS ARE BOUGHT

AT ACTION, AND ARTIFICIAL

FLAVORING IS BROUGHT IN THE

BACK.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE

BEANS THEMSELVES CREATE IN THE

PROCESS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO.

ALL THE FLAVOR COMES FROM THE

BEANS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN AND

YOU ENJOY STUFF, YOU CAN START

TO TASTE THE DIFFERENT FLAVORS

AND FRAGRANCES THAT COME OUT OF

SOMETHING LIKE CHOCOLATE.

THE TREES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH

AMERICA ARE THE ONES OF THE

HIGHEST QUALITY, AND THEN EACH

REGION, THE MICROCLIMATE AND THE

SOIL AND EVERYTHING IS KNOWN FOR

HAVING PARTICULAR ASPECTS THAT

WILL THEN COME THROUGH IN THE

FLAVOR AND THE BEAN.

SO WHEN I'M WORKING WITH A

PARTICULAR CHOCOLATE, I

UNDERSTAND WHAT IT BRINGS AND

THEN I BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT

PAIRING.

I LITERALLY WILL JUST SORT OF

LAY THINGS OUT AND JUST SORT OF

LOOK AT THEM.

AND I THINK IF I PAIRED THIS

WITH THIS AND I ADDED THAT AND

THEN WE'LL TRY IT AND SEE HOW IT

GOES.

THE BEST TIME FOR INSPIRATION TO

COME IS WHEN YOU ARE NOT TRYING.

SOMETHING JUST HITS YOU.

YOU GO TO AN ART MUSEUM.

YOU GO VISIT A FARM.

YOU JUST SEE THINGS.

YOU SEE COLORS AND YOU HAVE

SMELLS THAT COME TO YOU.

AS A CHOCOLATIER, I HAVE A LIST

OF THINGS I WANT TO EXPLORE.

I KNOW THAT I WON'T GET TO DO

EVERYTHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO

DO, BUT I'M DETERMINED TO TRY AS

MUCH AS I CAN.

FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING IS

REALLY DONE BY HAND.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY SURPRISED, FOR

INSTANCE, IN MY COFFEE, I HAVE A

LITTLE POT LIKE THIS BIG.

WE ARE TRUE SMALL MATCH

CHOCOLATIER HERE.

OUR TRUFFLES, WE HAND ROLL THEM.

I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE

TRUFFLES THAT ARE PERFECTLY

ROUND AND THAT'S BECAUSE A

CHOCOLATE SHELL HAS BEEN

PURCHASED AND GANACHE HAS BEEN

PIPED INTO IT.

NO, WE HAVE TO HAND ROLL THEM

AND WE HAND DIP A LOT OF THINGS.

I'M RELIVING MY CHILDHOOD.

IT WAS JUST RECENTLY THAT I WAS

REALLY REFLECTING ON HOW THIS

ALL DID COME ABOUT.

OBVIOUSLY I LOVE EXCELLENT

CHOCOLATE, OKAY.

BUT IT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.

I GOT TO A POINT IN MY LIFE THAT

I WANTED TO ENJOY SOMETHING THAT

WAS COMFORTING FOR ME.

I THINK THOSE TIMES THAT WE HAD

IN THE HOLIDAYS WHEN I WAS

GROWING UP, WHEN WE HAD THAT

FAMILY TIME, I THINK THAT WAS

REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND IT

WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO CREATE

THAT OR RECREATE THAT FOR MYSELF

DAILY AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS.

THAT'S WHAT I GET TO DO WITH

CHOCOLATE FOR THE SPIRIT EVERY

DAY.

>> CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION IS

RAMPING UP FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.

SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH AT

CHOCOLATEFORTHESPIRIT.COM.

>> AND THOSE OF YOU LOOKING FOR

GREAT FOOD THAT DOESN'T BREAK

YOUR NEW YEAR'S DIET, ANNIE

CORRIGAN IS HERE WITH A RECIPE

GUARANTEED TO SATISFY YOUR

APPETITE.

♪♪

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS

ANNIE?

>> QUINOA?

>> CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THEY ARE?

>> RED AND WHITE!

>> HEY!

YOU ARE GETTING GOOD AT THIS.

>> I GOT THIS OVER IN COLUMBUS,

INDIANA.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE, THEY

OFTENTIMES CALL IT A GRAIN BUT

IT'S A SEED AND IT COMES FROM

SOUTH AMERICA.

AND IT'S GOT A REALLY, REALLY

HIGH SOURCE OF PROTEIN AND SO

IT'S GREAT FOR VEGETARIANS.

IT'S EASY TO COOK, AS YOU CAN

SEE, YOU CAN MAKE A COUPLE OF

THESE DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

YOU CAN MIX THESE TO GO.

I LIKE NO COOK THEM AND USE THEM

AS STUFFINGS IN OMELETS OR TO

STUFF PEPPERS INSTEAD OF THE

TYPICAL RICE.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN

USE IT.

SO SIM TOM SIMPLE TO COOK.

YOU CAN PUT IT IN THE PAN AND

COVER IT WATER AND COOK IT.

YOU JUST NEED TO KEEP ADDING

WATER UNTIL YOU SEE THESE LITTLE

KIND OF WHITE WORMY LOOKING

THINGS.

IT DOESN'T SOUND APPEALING.

I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF GARLIC,

SALT AND PEPPER AND A LITTLE BIT

OF OLIVE OIL.

IT'S GREAT LIKE, THAT JUST AS A

SALAD OR A STUFFING.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING YOU CAN

MAKE A BIG BATCH AND PUT IT IN

LITTLE RESEALABLE ZIPLOCS AND

PUT IT IN THE FREEZER AND THEN

WHENEVER YOU WANT, IT YOU PULL

IT OUT, THAW IT, PULL IT OUT THE

DAY BEFORE AND YOU CAN THROW IT

IN THE MICROWAVE AND THAT THAW IT

OUT.

YOU HAVE A HEALTHY GRAIN THAT'S

READY IN NO TIME.

>> AND IF YOU ARE GOING FOR LESS

MEAT FOR THE NEW YEAR, THEN YOU

NEED THIS IN YOUR DIET BECAUSE

OF ALL THE PROTEIN.

>> AND YOU CAN MIX IT INTO

SOUPS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I

DID TODAY.

I TOOK A WHOLE SMOKED TURKEY

LEG.

I BOILED IT UNTIL IT WAS TENDER

AND CHUCKED A BUNCH OF STUFF IN

THERE.

DIG IN AND GIVE IT A TRY.

>> I HAVE TO GET ONE OF THE

KUMQUATS.

>> WELL, HAVE A BITE FIRST.

ON YOUR SECOND BITE, YOU SEE YOU

HAVE THE SMOKINESS OF THAT

TURKEY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU

HAVE TO HAVE HAM HOCKS AND ALL

OF THOSE FATTY MEATS BUT SMOKED

TURKEY IS WONDERFUL!

>> IT FELL APART IN MY MOUTH.

SO TENDER.

>> A NICE WAY TO USE QUINOA AND

ANY OF THOSE GREAT GRAINS THAT

ARE PERFECT FOR WINTER.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY THERE'S NOTHING

TO COOK IN THE WINTERTIME, THEY

ARE WRONG.

THERE'S ALL OF THESE GREAT, AND

INTERESTING INGREDIENTS.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST NEED

TO GET CREATIVE.

>> YEP.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT REAL

FOOD AND GREEN LIVING ON THE

EARTH EATS WEBSITE.

YOU CAN PRINT OFF RECIPES AND

READ MORE.

IT'S ALL AVAILABLE AT

EARTHEATS.ORG.

>> NOW, ERICA THAT LOOKS EASY

AND AMAZING!

>> AND LIKE THEY SAID, SO

PERFECT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS NO

GIVE YOUR MOOD A BOOST IS TO

GIVE BACK.

FOR ONE INDIANA COUPLE, THEIR

VOLUNTEER EFFORTS LED TO A

LIFESTYLE CHANGE.

>> WE WERE KIND OF THINKING, YOU

KNOW, WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO DO

AS RETIREMENT.

WE KIND OF THOUGHT INITIALLY OF

MOVING AWAY AND KIND OF GETTING

OFF THE GRID, GETTING BACK TO

NATURE AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE

THE IDEA SORT OF BEGAN.

AND THEN WE REALLY STARTED

LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES.

AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE

SANCTUARY JUST TOOK ON A LIFE OF

ITS OWN.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T TAKE YOU

SERIOUSLY, OH, WE ARE GOING TO

RESCUE COWS AND WE WILL RESCUE

PIGS.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

THINGS THAT A FARM SANCTUARY

DOES IS RESCUE FARM ANIMALS,

ANIMALS THAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY

EAT FOR FOOD AND LET THEM LIVE

OUT THEIR LIVES IN THE MOST

NATURAL WAY POSSIBLE AND GIVE

THEM A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT

AND CARE THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE

FOR COMPANION ANIMAL LIKE A DOG

OR A CAT.

ANIMALS CAN TYPICALLY COME FROM

HOARDING CASES.

ANIMALS CAN FALL OFF OF TRUCKS

BEING TRANSPORTED TO SLAUGHTER

OR BEING TRANSPORTED TO A

DIFFERENT FARM.

BY NO MEANS ARE WE NAIVE TO

THINK THAT WE WOULD RESCUE EVERY

ANIMAL, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO

RESCUE THE ANIMALS THAT WE CAN

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR

LIFE, BUT THEN ALSO MAKE A

DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES BY

GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO

INTERACT AND EXPERIENCE AND HAVE

A RELATIONSHIP WITH FARM

ANIMALS.

BECAUSE I THINK TYPICALLY, FARM

ANIMALS ARE OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF

MIND.

THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT

3.5 MILLION PIGS BEING RAISED

FOR FOOD IN INDIANA, AND MOST

PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN A PIG.

SO FARM SANCTUARIES GIVE PEOPLE

AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A PIG IN

REAL LIFE, FOR ONE, AND TWO, TO

SEE HOW MUCH THEY ARE LIKE OTHER

ANIMALS.

YOU KNOW, THEY ENJOY THE PLAY.

THEY RUN AROUND AND KICK THEIR

FEET UP AND DO CIRCLES AND

ENJOY.

OUR PIGS, ESPECIALLY, THEY LOVE

TO BE LOVED ON.

THEY SEEK ATTENTION AND BELLY

RUBS, JUST LIKE YOUR DOG COMES

UP TO YOU TO BE RUBBED.

SO FARM SANCTUARIES SHOWS THE

INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES OF FARM

ANIMALS BUT ALSO THE

SIMILARITIES OF FARM ANIMALS

WITH PEOPLE AS WELL AS ANIMALS.

I THINK SOMETIMES IT IS KIND OF

A GRASP FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT

YOU ARE SAVING FARM ANIMALS.

YOU COULD BE SAVING DOGS AND

CATS BUT YOU COULD BE SAVING

PEOPLE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DOLLARS AND

TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO

ANY RESCUE ORGANIZATION.

FOR US, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

THERE ARE 59 BILLION ANIMALS

BEING RAISED FOR SLAUGHTER IN

THE UNITED STATES ALONE!

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF

ADVOCACY FOR THOSE ANIMALS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ADVOCACY FOR

DOGS AND CATS.

YOU KNOW, FARM ANIMALS, LIKE I

SAID EARLIER ARE REALLY OUT OF

SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.

AND WE WANT TO BRING THEM INTO

THE LIGHT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE

THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO

FARM ANIMALS IS REALLY KIND OF

CUTTING OFF A PART OF OURSELF,

THAT WE ARE JUST REALLY IN

DENIAL IN HAVING THAT DISCONNECT

BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS

TO A FARM ANIMAL TO END UP ON

OUR PLATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US, IT'S JUST

ABOUT KIND OF PUTTING OUR ENERGY

HERE, AND LETTING THAT ENERGY

KIND OF RIPPLE OUT INTO THE

COMMUNITY, AND SO FAR, I MEAN,

JUST WITH OUR NEIGHBORS GOING TO

THE STORE AND TELLING PEOPLE

WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE HAVE

REALLY GOTTEN NO PUSHBACK.

I MEAN, EVERYONE HAS BEEN

EXCITED.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF

SOMETHING I WOULD SAY, HOW CAN

YOU ARGUE WITH COMPASSION?

WE JUST REALLY WANT TO GIVE

PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE

THAT EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW TO COME TO THE

SANCTUARY, TO BE INVOLVED, BE

WITH THE ANIMALS AND SEE THEM

NOR WHO THEY ARE.

AND ULTIMATELY FROM THAT, YOU

KNOW, MAKE SOME DIFFERENT

CHOICES IN THEIR LIFE ABOUT, YOU

KNOW, WHAT'S ON THEIR PLATE WHO

IS ON THEIR PLATE.

THE BIGGER CASE OF THAT IS ALSO,

YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE AND OUR

VISION IS REALLY TO CREATE A

COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THIS

ISN'T OUR SANCTUARY, THIS IS

REALLY THE COMMUNITY'S SANCTUARY

AND WE WANT THIS TO BE A PLACE

THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST REALLY COME

AND FEEL AT HOME AND CONNECTED.

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW

YOU CAN HELP UPLAND PEAKS

SANCTUARY, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE,

UPLANDPEAKS.SANCTUARY.ORG.

>> THE EMOTIONAL BENEFITS THAT

ANIMALS PROVIDE.

AND THE LOVE ON THE LEASH

ORGANIZATION, IF YOU CAN'T GET A

FURRY COMPANION, THEY WILL COME

TO YOU.

♪♪

>> LOVE ON A LEASH WAS STARTED

IN 1984 BY A LADY BY THE NAME OF

LIZ, AND SHE WANTED TO SPREAD

THE JOY OF WHAT DOGS CAN BRING

TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, GENDER,

ABILITIES.

AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS, I THINK

LAST COUNT WAS AT LEAST WELL

OVER 12,000 MEMBERS.

>> WHEN WE GO OUT, THERE'S

ALWAYS PEOPLE THAT SEE AXLE,

THAT RECOGNIZE HIM AND THEY JUST

LOVE AND RUN UP TO HIM, BECAUSE

HE'S A BIG DOG.

SO YOU CAN PUSH HIM AROUND AND

DO WHATEVER.

IT'S GREAT FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE

THEY CAN TACKLE HIM AND HUG HIM

AND WHATEVER, AND HE JUST

DOESN'T CARE.

>> EVERY DOG IS THE MOST COMMON

NAME, THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS

COMFORT DOGS AND THEY BASICALLY

GO AND VISIT PEOPLE AND BRING

THEM JOY, BRING THEM DIFFERENT

TYPES OF EMOTIONS.

THEY MAY NOT ACTUALLY PRESENT

OTHER TIMES TO PEOPLE.

WHEN WE DO BARKS AND BOOKS

PROGRAM AT THE LIBRARY, KIDS

COME IN AND READ TO THE DOGS.

THEY CAN READ AS MUCH AS THEY

WANT.

THEY CAN READ AS LITTLE AS THEY

WANT.

IT'S TO ALLOW THE CHILD TO READ

WITHOUT JUDGMENT.

>> WELL, MY NAME IS JENNY BURNS.

I HAVE TWO BOYS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE ON THE AUTISM

SPECTRUM.

THEY ARE ON THE HIGH FUNCTIONING

END.

SO PART OF OUR WEEKEND ROUTINE

IS THAT WE GO TO THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO GO THIS

PROGRAM FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

THEY BOTH ARE VERY GOOD READERS,

BUT IT'S HARD TO GET THEM TO

ARTICULATE.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY ARE

READING, I WILL BE REMINDING

THEM, OKAY, YOU KNOW, READ OUT

LOUD.

LET ME HEAR YOU.

>> WELL, I LIKE TO READ.

>> AND THEY ARE MORE WILLING TO

DO THAT WHEN THEY ARE READING TO

THE DOG THAN IF THEY ARE READING

TO MOM.

OVERALL, IT'S JUST SUCH A

POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THEM,

BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPROVING THEIR

SOCIAL SKILLS.

THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT

THEY FIND FUN.

THEY ARE WORKING ON READING

SKILLS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO

MOM.

AND THE PETTING OF THE DOGS AND

EVERYTHING, JUST IS VERY CALMING

TO THEM.

ALTHOUGH NOTHING CALMS YOU LIKE

A DOG.

>> WHEN WE GO TO ASSISTED LIVING

FACILITIES, WE GO AND GO FROM

ROOM TO ROOM, VISIT THE PATIENT.

OUR LITTLEST DOG MILO WILL JUMP

UP IN BED WITH THE PATIENTS AND

IT GETS PEOPLE TALKING.

WE HEAR ALL KINDS OF STORIES AND

IT'S AN EMOTIONAL THING.

IT OPENS THE PATIENTS UP A LOT.

>> ANIMALS ARE LESS INHIBITING.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT

WHETHER OR NOT THE ANIMAL IS

GOING TO FIND THEM ACCEPTABLE.

THEY KNOW THAT ANIMALS GIVE MORE

UNSEASONALUNCONDITIONAL RESPONSE.

>> IT'S THE EMOTIONAL CONTACT

THEY DON'T GET ON AN EVERY DAY

BASIS.

IT'S SOMETHING TOTALLY

DIFFERENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THAT

WE LEAVE A ROOM AND, THANK YOU

VERY MUCH, YOU MADE MY DAY.

THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED, THE LOVE

FROM A DOG.

>> FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE LOVE

ON A LEASH EVENTS HAPPENING IN

YOUR AREA BY VISITING

LOVEONALEASH.ORG.

>> WE WERE SO PLEASED TO WELCOME

THE MAGNIFICENT MUSICAL DUO LILY

AND MAD LINE MADLINE TO OUR STUDIO.

HERE'S A LOOK BACK.

♪♪

>> WELL, WHEN WE WERE LITTLE,

OUR PARENTS LIKED MUSIC A LOT

AND WE USED TO LISTEN TO IT

AROUND THE HOUSE IN GENERAL.

AND OUR MOTHER IS MUSICAL AND

SHE TAUGHT US TO SING AND

ENCOURAGED US TO SING AND THEN

WE TOOK PIANO LESSONS.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE DID.

SOME KIDS ARE REALLY ATHLETIC,

BUT WE DID MUSIC ALL THE TIME.

IT WAS MOSTLY A HOBBY.

WE WROTE JINGLES BUT NEVER ANY

REAL SONGS THAT WE FEEL COULD BE

PERFORMED, I GUESS.

>> WE DID THE COVER VIDEO.

WE WERE LIKE, WELL, WHATEVER.

LET'S TRY IT.

>> WE WOULD PUT VIDEO ON

FACEBOOK TO SHARE WITH THE

FAMILY.

OUR PARENTS WERE PROUD OF IT.

THEY SENT IT TO THEIR FRIENDS

AND STUFF AND THEY SENT IT TO

TALL, OUR NOW MANAGER AND

PRODUCER.

AND HE HELPED US KIND OF HARNESS

WHAT WE HAD GROWN UP DOING TO

BECOME LIKE A CAREER.

>> WE WERE CHALLENGED TO WRITE A

SONG A DAY FOR TWO WEEKS, WHICH

I THOUGHT WAS RIDICULOUS BUT IT

ENDED UP BEING GOOD.

THE FIRST THINGS WE WROTE ABOUT

WERE JUST FEELING WEIRD AND HOW

OUR FRIENDS WERE REALLY THE GOOD

AT SPORTS AND WE WERE NOT DOING

ANYTHING.

AND WE WERE FEELING LIKE MAYBE

WE COULD DO SOMETHING MUSICAL,

YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LOOKING

AHEAD.

YEAH, IT WAS A LOT OF THINGS OF

INSECURITY, CHANGE THAT WE

WEREN'T SURE ABOUT.

AND IT'S FUN TO SEE HOW THAT

DOESN'T INTEREST ME ANYMORE.

>> LYRICALLY, I THINK WE ARE A

LOT MORE CONFIDENT IN OUR

WRITING AND ALSO GOING INTO THE

STUDIO AND ARRANGING SONGS.

I THINK YOU CAN TELL THROUGH OUR

PERFORMANCES THAT WE ARE P

CONFIDENT.

I FEEL -- WE ARE MORE CONFIDENT.

I FEEL LIKE MY STAGE PRESENCE

AND MY ACTUAL INSTRUMENT

PERFORMANCE IS WHAT I'M WORRIED

ABOUT.

I THINK AS LONG AS WE REHEARSE

AND BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE MY SISTER

RIGHT NEXT TO ME ON STAGE.

EVEN I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM,

SHE CAN HELP ME OUT.

IF THAT EVER HAPPENS.

I ALWAYS KNOW WHERE I AM.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE WITH HER.

>> I FEEL LIKE MILLIE IS AN

EXTENSION OF ME AND IT MAKES

SENSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE

SAME DNA.

SHE ALWAYS KNOWS HOW I'M

THINKING AND FEELING AND IF I'M

ANNOYED BY SOMETHING.

THIS IS NOT WORKING.

AND SHE'S LIKE, I KNOW, WE NEED

TO FIX THIS.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOMEBODY WHO

UNDERSTANDS WHAT I HAVE BEEN

TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIMENT TO

ADD NEW, DIFFERENT, WEIRD

SOUNDS.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN AFRAID TO KIND

OF ADD LIKE SYN OR MORE

ELECTRONIC TOWNS.

>> MY DREAM IS TO TOUR WITH A

BIG BAND, A ROCK BAND.

I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO PERFORM

FRONT AND CENTER.

MY PERFECT SCENARIO WOULD BE

LIKE PLAYING GUITAR IN THE BACK.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> I THINK IT'S FUN TO INVOLVE

OTHER MUSICIANS AND TO MAKE

LIFELONG FRIENDS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> WE ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS

WITH EVERYBODY THAT WE WORK WITH

IN THE STUDIO AND IT'S JUST MORE

FUN WHEN YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE

INVOLVED AND IT FEELS MORE

MAGICAL ON STAGE AND I THINK IT

ALSO TRANSLATES TO THE LISTENERS

IN THE AUDIENCE.

>> MEETING PEOPLE AFTER THE SHOW

IS MY FAVORITE PART OF

EVERYTHING.

I GET TO HEAR THE REACTIONS THEY

HAVE TO THE MUSIC, WHETHER IT'S

POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.

MOSTLY POSITIVE.

YEAH, AND THEN THEY WILL ME SOME

CONNECTION TO THE SONG, LIKE A

STORY OR SOMETHING AND IT'S JUST

SO -- IT FEELS SO GOOD TO KNOW

THAT SOMETHING I WROTE IN MY

BEDROOM AFFECTS SOMEBODY ELSE,

EVEN ACROSS THE OCEAN.

IT'S JUST -- IT'S REALLY CRAZY.

>> MILLIE AND MADELINE WILL BE

RETURNING TO PERFORM AT THE OLD

NATIONAL CENTER ON

FEBRUARY 25th.

GET MORE INFORMATION AT

LILANDMAD.COM WHATEVER HELPS YOU

THROUGH THE WINTER, GETTING COZY

OR GETTING OUT.

WE HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO FIND

GREAT IDEAS RIGHT HERE ON "THE

WEEKLY SPECIAL."

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND

BEFORE WE GO, THE SOOTHING

SOUNDS OF LILY AND MADELINE.

GOOD NIGHT.

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