Craig is a native Floridian and spent over 30 years as a journalist for the Tampa Bay Times. He has authored a half-dozen award-winning books about the wild ideas and quirkiness of our state. Among his publications are Oh Florida!, Cat Tale, The State You're In, and Manatee Insanity. In 2022, Craig was given the Rachel Carson Award by the Sierra Club, which honors sustained achievement by professional journalists or authors and was also awarded a Florida Literary Legend by the Florida Heritage

Steven Rinella talks with Cam Hanes, Max Barta, Seth Morris, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Getting bested by an armadillo; calling in a pissed off javelina; soft, malleable mettle; how Seth’s antler rattling sequence on the podcast possibly called in a deer; RIP “Floppy”; how you really need professional help to neuter a cat; would you want 43,000 monkeys living next door?; stuff gets out in Texas; is Bigfoot a vector for trichinosis?; getting your ammo thrown in the trash vs. getting

SHOW NOTES Death is the thing we can none of us get away from, although modern PC encourages us not to think about it. We're also encouraged to treat death as the most awful thing, incredibly sad, that we should show lots of deep emotion. And - and the medical profession has strict instructyions on this - to keep people alive at pretty well all costs. I don't subscribe to any of this. In the Old Ways we know death is the other half of life, that you cannot have one without the other, that its part

I'm in a business relationship that needs to change. It can be just as hard to do as a personal one! Have you been there? Are you there right now too? it's so darn easy to throw the baby out with the bath water! make a "clean break" - and that can be so wrong. It's hard and delicate work, changin, growing and evolving a realtionship. That's right where I am! And we're too often advised to make a clean break, it can feel so much easier to do that. And it is often much less work. But we really can

Those zen fur balls are masters of present-moment living, Me? I try to be feline in my approach to being present.I strive for cat-level awareness. 24/7. See, cats—and all animals—they don’t clock out of awareness. 🐾They aren’t juggling past regrets and future anxieties.They're right here. Right now. In the magical prrrr-sent. And here's my take—I make it my goal to be the same.To be fully awake, feeling the chair I'm sitting on.Listening to the subtle hum of the world around me.While also being

Yes - really!Most whiskeys are blended, from several different malts, Johnny Walker is supreme at this, but for me the very best whiskeys are the single malts.A single malt is a whiskey that is not blended. It comes from a single malt, the mash of a single growth of barley, brewed with the particular spring water of that distillery, and using its own yeast. I like the ones from the Isle of Islay best, especially Bruichladdich and Lafrohaig.So how am I a single malt? I come from my own family and

We can tend to think sacrifice is a bad thing, a waste, but it isn't always, perhaps not even often. This is a story about how a cat helped over half a million people's pledge money to fight his cas, and may even have saved 18,068 acres of forest in Aberdeenshire.The Scottish government and Swedish firm, Vattenfall, want to build wind farms there, demolishing the forest and the wildlife habitat in the process.Wildcat Haven has worked to save the critically endangered Scottish wildcat for the last

Over the Standstill – solstice – just past, I talked about stuff that really matters to me. That’s what the three standstill days of Midwinter Solstice are about for me. I give, spend and make time for getting to really know myself. Yes, I hear you! I got to know myself years ago, you say, I don’t need to do it all over again. Sorry, friend, yes you do. You’re not the same person you were then. Heck, you’re not even the same person you were yesterday let alone back then. We all need to get to know

Why Sun Return?Why Standstill?Is this woo woo?No it’s astronomy – not astrology but how the actual Sun – our home star – really works.Our ancestors knew this. Of course they did, they were hunter-gatherers, they lived by the Sun and the stars. We forgot that as we got “civilized”. It’s way time-and-a-half we started remembering. It makes a huge difference to our whole lives, our instincts, our physical bodies, our feelings and our mindsets. It even affects how and whether we can access our

It's Midwinter Solstice and the first day of the Standstill.I always use the 3 days of Standstill as a reflective time and Boy have I got a lot to reflect on this year!I've spent the past year exploring business in a way I've not done before - like a "normal" business person 🤯. And yes, it has given me a lot of headaches. It's also given me a lot of insights and learning and even some new ways of doing things that I find valuable. That last really helps me as, come November, I was very

They're Experts? But who is "they," really? Experts are everywhere, spouting "shoulds" and "musts". I listened ... I took a deep dive into their trenches. Sifted through oceans of so-called wisdom. And guess what? It turned me turgid!Like that old song, "Killing Me Softly", you know?I listened - but I knew in my bones: This isn't me. This isn't right. They were subtly stealing my soul. I fought back. Clawed back my essence, did some serious soul-retrieval. And the gurus? They pushed back, hard

Feeling stuck? I've been there. We've all been there. Each of us handle these pain points differently. What is yours? Is it a struggle to connect? That's where the ancient ways come in. You might be sceptical. We've been taught to rely on logic, dismissing intuition as 'woo-woo'. But guess what? It works. Weaving transpersonal psychology with my shamanic path opened new doors for me. It showed me how to teach sceptical business people to use the old shaman ways. They allow us to tap into our gut

Its Samhain - the beginning of Winter, so two of my best Shaman-witch friends joined me for a chat about the season. We're all shaman solo businesswomen running our own businesses and using the British native shamanism to oil the wheels. We talk about how we do that, how we use the seasons and the shamanism to help us plan and work ourbusiness, in our chat. We also have fun and give you some of the lates news from where we live, including some exciting events that happened to each of us during the

Well, I'm here to tell you, you're not! Imagine being part of a team that sees the Big Picture, a team that helps you plan not just your next business step, but the one after that, and the one after that.Sounds like a dream, doesn't it?But guess what? It's not.You have this team.They're just waiting for you to connect.I'm going to talk about how your Tylwyth - your Team - can help you clear the decks , declutter your mind and sort your priorities, to move forward.

🔸 Are witchcraft and shamanism the same thing? 🔸 And how can either or both help your business? Do you think witchcraft and shamanism could help your business? What's the difference between them? Is there a difference? Are they both useful in the 21st century?I’m a shamanic, business coach. I began in corporate then I went solo in 1990. I know what being a solopreneur can be like, the good … and the not so. I know that, going solo means doing it all yourself. Except it doesn't have to ... Not if

I've had the privilege of watching my clients ease their business pain points again this week. And they've used the witch way wisdom they learned from me to do this no names, no pack drill of course.But I'll share some stuff with you to show you how they do this.

A friend asked me, "Who are you? What do you do?" Well, indeed! I'm your solopreneur witch, thriving in the business world.I adore working with those who are fiercely independent. You're open-minded, heart-centric, and about making a difference. Disconnected from the old business methods, you seek a new way, embracing modern tools, yet longing for nature's connection.Want to break free from fear and stand out from the crowd? Let's team up! I can teach you the magic of being you.Get ready to shed

In 1965, Yukio Togawa, a Japanese novelist found himself drawn to the whispers of a wild cat unknown to science. He set sail for the untamed wilderness of Iriomote Island and brought this wild cat - the Iriomote Cat to the world's attention. Togawa inadvertently sparked a conversation about the future of Iriomote Island - a delicate balance between the unspoiled wilderness that needed protection and the essential infrastructure that the island's communities required. Now, his legacy lives on

Can magic & business really mix together?Absolutely!I'm chatting with the successful entrepreneur Lian Brook-Tyler on how to blend spirituality and magic into a savvy business strategy.Lian and I dive into how our menstrual can guide us closer to our purpose. And how the moon’s cycles can be just as useful and important for men.Running a business has its seasons, just like nature.How are you aligning your business rhythms with the Earth's? · Are you stuck in old patterns that don't serve your

We all do it, at least some of the time but it really isn't a good idea.And that's because most often we do it unconsciously!There are times - I talk about them today - when I can be good, and fun, to take up someone else's idea. But it's never good to be doing things because somebody says that's the way to do it. And it's even worse when we don't realise we're doing that!As Oprah says ...🔸Don’t let other people write your script. 🔸You define your own life. And, by damn, she's right! Let's talk