Episode Art: Turkey 2025, North Carolina – Ink on Paper by Sarah C. Rose. In this episode, Sarah and I give updates on our creative projects, including speaking at the 250th anniversary celebration of naturalist William Bartram, to starting a new Substack journal, and visiting our first paranormal event. We transition to a wider conversation about…

Episode art by Sarah Rose, mixed media on paper. Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a naturalist and the author of 28 books, including Chasing Monarchs, Where Bigfoot Walks, Wintergreen, Nature Matrix, Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest, the novel Magdalena Mountain, and four collections of poetry. In this episode, we talk about The Dark Divide movie,…

Episode art by Sarah Rose, indigo milkcap mushroom latest, ink and stained water pooling in the wound of a sweetgum tree root. At the Equinox, the blood root are blooming, big brown bats are chittering in the sky overhead at dusk. Red maples, winged elm and spicebush are blossoming. The red shouldered hawks are mating…

Raven episode art by Sarah Rose, Ink and Mixed Media Nature writer Lyanda Fern Lynn Haupt joins us to talk about bird synchronicities, the communion of saints, and love for Earthsea, etymology and corvid culture. Lyanda is the author of six incredible books, including most recently, Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature and Spirit.…

Art by Sarah, ink on tinted paper. In this Episode, we visit Little Tennessee River guides Brent Martin and Angela Faye Martin of Alarka Expeditions in Cowee, North Carolina. Brent is the Director of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy and Angela is a musician. They share stories about supernatural incidents that occured in and…