<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new">Send us your Florida questions!</a>Mark Mustian, author of Boy With Wings and founder of Word of South, talks about his book, the wildly popular Word of South festival, and what it means to be different.Mark&apos;s Top Five Things To Do in Tallahassee<ol><li>Go to <a href='https://www.talgov.com/parks/parks-cascades'>Cascades Park</a></li><li>Sausage Dog at <a href='https://bradleyscountrystore.com/'>Bradley&apos;s</a> </li><li><a href='https://bluetaverntallahassee.com/'>Blue Tavern</a> for music</li><li>Bike trails at <a href='https://visittallahassee.com/trails/piney-z-trail/'>Piney Z</a></li><li>Buy a book and eat pie at <a href='https://midtownreader.com/'>Midtown Reader</a></li></ol>Links We Mentioned<a href='https://markmustian.com/'>Mark Mustian&apos;s website</a><a href='https://amzn.to/4ab0opa'>Boy with Wings</a><a href='https://wordofsouthfestival.com/'>Word of South festival</a><a href='https://gibtownshowmensclub.com/'>Gibtown&apos;s Showmen&apos;s Club</a> <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/episodes/18338159'>Clown is Not a Bad Word</a> (Florida Spectacular episode #235)<a href='https://amzn.to/42ZQBOU'>Annie Laura&apos;s Triumph</a><a href='https://amzn.to/49UW9Ou'>The Gendarme</a><a href='https://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/wacissa-slave-canal-the-darkest-paddle/'>Wacissa Slave Canal</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>.Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy&apos;s travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>.Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>).NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'>this link</a>!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us your Florida questions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark Mustian, author of &lt;em&gt;Boy With Wings&lt;/em&gt; and founder of Word of South, talks about his book, the wildly popular Word of South festival, and what it means to be different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mark&amp;apos;s Top Five Things To Do in Tallahassee&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;a href='https://www.talgov.com/parks/parks-cascades'&gt;Cascades Park&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sausage Dog at &lt;a href='https://bradleyscountrystore.com/'&gt;Bradley&amp;apos;s&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://bluetaverntallahassee.com/'&gt;Blue Tavern&lt;/a&gt; for music&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bike trails at &lt;a href='https://visittallahassee.com/trails/piney-z-trail/'&gt;Piney Z&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Buy a book and eat pie at &lt;a href='https://midtownreader.com/'&gt;Midtown Reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links We Mentioned&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://markmustian.com/'&gt;Mark Mustian&amp;apos;s website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4ab0opa'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boy with Wings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://wordofsouthfestival.com/'&gt;Word of South festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://gibtownshowmensclub.com/'&gt;Gibtown&amp;apos;s Showmen&amp;apos;s Club&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/episodes/18338159'&gt;Clown is Not a Bad Word&lt;/a&gt; (Florida Spectacular episode #235)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/42ZQBOU'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Annie Laura&amp;apos;s Triumph&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/49UW9Ou'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Gendarme&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/wacissa-slave-canal-the-darkest-paddle/'&gt;Wacissa Slave Canal&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question or comment? Email us at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;cathy@floridaspectacular.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Spectacular newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and keep up with Cathy&amp;apos;s travels at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatfloridaroadtrip.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Keep up with Rick at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;studiohourglass.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and get his books at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;rickkilby.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Cathy on social media: &lt;a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'&gt;Facebook.com/SalustriCathy&lt;/a&gt; and everywhere else as &lt;a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'&gt;@CathySalustri&lt;/a&gt;; connect with Rick &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'&gt;Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth&lt;/a&gt;, Bluesky (@&lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'&gt;oldfla.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;), and IG (@&lt;a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'&gt;ricklebee&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&amp;apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'&gt;&lt;b&gt;this link&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us your Florida questions! Mark Mustian, author of Boy With Wings and founder of Word of South, talks about his book, the wildly popular Word of South festival, and what it means to be different. Mark's Top Five Things To Do in Tallahassee Go to Cascades ParkSausage Dog at Bradley's Blue Tavern for musicBike trails at Piney ZBuy a book and eat pie at Midtown ReaderLinks We Mentioned Mark Mustian's website Boy with Wings Word of South festival Gibtown's Showmen's Club  Clown is ...

Episode 259: Word of South, Boy With Wings, and Things To Do in Tallahassee

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new">Send us your Florida questions!</a>Rick talks about his new book, Shaping a Sense of Place. Links We Mentioned:<a href='https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML5N2HKYGY6GD/checkout/MN42UL5VWGHBFM6BUSQ75SOT'>Shaping a Sense of Place by Rick Kilby.</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2013/03/ode-to-joy.html'>Florida artist Joy Postle.</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/02/meet-joy-postle.html'>More about Joy.</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/03/searching-for-sam-stoltz.html'>Florida artist Sam Stoltz.</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/07/whos-afraid-of-big-bad-wolf.html'>Little Red Riding Hood mosaic mural in Winter Park.</a><a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/09/mid-century-modern-matters.html'>Why Mid-Century Modern matters in Florida.</a><a href='https://winterparklibraryarchives.org/exhibits/show/winter-park-history-reference-/winter-park-neighborhoods/hannibal-square'>Hannibal Square in Winter Park.</a><a href='https://winterparklibraryarchives.org/smith-grant'>The Rhea Marsh and Dorothy Lockhart Smith Research Grant.</a>  <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>.Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy&apos;s travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>.Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>).NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'>this link</a>!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us your Florida questions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rick talks about his new book, &lt;em&gt;Shaping a Sense of Place&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links We Mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://checkout.square.site/merchant/ML5N2HKYGY6GD/checkout/MN42UL5VWGHBFM6BUSQ75SOT'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shaping a Sense of Place&lt;/em&gt; by Rick Kilby.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2013/03/ode-to-joy.html'&gt;Florida artist Joy Postle.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/02/meet-joy-postle.html'&gt;More about Joy.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/03/searching-for-sam-stoltz.html'&gt;Florida artist Sam Stoltz.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/07/whos-afraid-of-big-bad-wolf.html'&gt;Little Red Riding Hood mosaic mural in Winter Park.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/2009/09/mid-century-modern-matters.html'&gt;Why Mid-Century Modern matters in Florida.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://winterparklibraryarchives.org/exhibits/show/winter-park-history-reference-/winter-park-neighborhoods/hannibal-square'&gt;Hannibal Square in Winter Park.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://winterparklibraryarchives.org/smith-grant'&gt;The Rhea Marsh and Dorothy Lockhart Smith Research Grant.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question or comment? Email us at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;cathy@floridaspectacular.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Spectacular newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and keep up with Cathy&amp;apos;s travels at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatfloridaroadtrip.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Keep up with Rick at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;studiohourglass.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and get his books at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;rickkilby.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Cathy on social media: &lt;a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'&gt;Facebook.com/SalustriCathy&lt;/a&gt; and everywhere else as &lt;a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'&gt;@CathySalustri&lt;/a&gt;; connect with Rick &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'&gt;Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth&lt;/a&gt;, Bluesky (@&lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'&gt;oldfla.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;), and IG (@&lt;a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'&gt;ricklebee&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&amp;apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'&gt;&lt;b&gt;this link&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us your Florida questions! Rick talks about his new book, Shaping a Sense of Place.  Links We Mentioned: Shaping a Sense of Place by Rick Kilby. Florida artist Joy Postle. More about Joy. Florida artist Sam Stoltz. Little Red Riding Hood mosaic mural in Winter Park. Why Mid-Century Modern matters in Florida. Hannibal Square in Winter Park. The Rhea Marsh and Dorothy Lockhart Smith Research Grant.    Support the show Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular...

Episode 258: Murals, Winter Park, and Rick Kilby's New Book

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new">Send us your Florida questions!</a>Kristin Hemphill, the Creative Director for FloridaRAMA, an immersive Florida art experience with a conservation focus, joins the podcast to talk about the art, the artists, and why the experience focuses on Florida.Links We Mentioned<a href='https://www.floridarama.art/'>FloridaRAMA</a><a href='https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/'>Florida Wildlife Corridor</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>.Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy&apos;s travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>.Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>).NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'>this link</a>!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us your Florida questions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kristin Hemphill, the Creative Director for FloridaRAMA, an immersive Florida art experience with a conservation focus, joins the podcast to talk about the art, the artists, and why the experience focuses on Florida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links We Mentioned&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.floridarama.art/'&gt;FloridaRAMA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/'&gt;Florida Wildlife Corridor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question or comment? Email us at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;cathy@floridaspectacular.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Spectacular newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and keep up with Cathy&amp;apos;s travels at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatfloridaroadtrip.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Keep up with Rick at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;studiohourglass.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and get his books at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;rickkilby.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Cathy on social media: &lt;a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'&gt;Facebook.com/SalustriCathy&lt;/a&gt; and everywhere else as &lt;a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'&gt;@CathySalustri&lt;/a&gt;; connect with Rick &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'&gt;Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth&lt;/a&gt;, Bluesky (@&lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'&gt;oldfla.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;), and IG (@&lt;a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'&gt;ricklebee&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&amp;apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'&gt;&lt;b&gt;this link&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us your Florida questions! Kristin Hemphill, the Creative Director for FloridaRAMA, an immersive Florida art experience with a conservation focus, joins the podcast to talk about the art, the artists, and why the experience focuses on Florida. Links We Mentioned FloridaRAMA Florida Wildlife Corridor    Support the show Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.co...

Episode 257: Mermaid Star Motel, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and FloridaRAMA

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new">Send us your Florida questions!</a>Florida State Representative (District 60) Lindsay Cross joins the podcast to talk about Florida Forever, environmental challenges in Florida, and what she&apos;s doing to help make Florida a paradise for everyone instead of an elite few.Links We Mentioned<a href='https://housedocs.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/custom/details.aspx?MemberId=4887'>Lindsay Cross</a>Chadd Charland filled in for Rick Kilby on this episode, he is <a href='https://charlandforflorida.com/'>running for State House in District 15</a> (Nassau and portions of Duval counties).<a href='https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/'>Florida Wildlife Corridor</a><a href='https://floridadep.gov/lands/environmental-services/content/florida-forever'>Florida Forever</a><a href='https://floridadep.gov/lands/land-and-recreation-grants/content/florida-communities-trust'>Florida Communities Trust</a><a href='https://housedocs.myfloridahouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative'>Find your Florida Representative</a><a href='https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find'>Find your Florida Senator</a><a href='https://flhousing.org/calendar/yes-in-gods-backyard-a-new-tool-for-affordable-housing/'>YIGBY</a><a href='https://dos.fl.gov/elections/candidates-committees/campaign-finance/'>Campaign Finance Information</a><a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>.Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy&apos;s travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>.Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>).NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'>this link</a>!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us your Florida questions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Florida State Representative (District 60) Lindsay Cross joins the podcast to talk about Florida Forever, environmental challenges in Florida, and what she&amp;apos;s doing to help make Florida a paradise for everyone instead of an elite few.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links We Mentioned&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://housedocs.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/custom/details.aspx?MemberId=4887'&gt;Lindsay Cross&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chadd Charland filled in for Rick Kilby on this episode, he is &lt;a href='https://charlandforflorida.com/'&gt;running for State House in District 15&lt;/a&gt; (Nassau and portions of Duval counties).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/'&gt;Florida Wildlife Corridor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://floridadep.gov/lands/environmental-services/content/florida-forever'&gt;Florida Forever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://floridadep.gov/lands/land-and-recreation-grants/content/florida-communities-trust'&gt;Florida Communities Trust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://housedocs.myfloridahouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative'&gt;Find your Florida Representative&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find'&gt;Find your Florida Senator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://flhousing.org/calendar/yes-in-gods-backyard-a-new-tool-for-affordable-housing/'&gt;YIGBY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://dos.fl.gov/elections/candidates-committees/campaign-finance/'&gt;Campaign Finance Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question or comment? Email us at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;cathy@floridaspectacular.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Spectacular newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and keep up with Cathy&amp;apos;s travels at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatfloridaroadtrip.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Keep up with Rick at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;studiohourglass.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and get his books at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;rickkilby.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Cathy on social media: &lt;a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'&gt;Facebook.com/SalustriCathy&lt;/a&gt; and everywhere else as &lt;a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'&gt;@CathySalustri&lt;/a&gt;; connect with Rick &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'&gt;Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth&lt;/a&gt;, Bluesky (@&lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'&gt;oldfla.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;), and IG (@&lt;a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'&gt;ricklebee&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&amp;apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'&gt;&lt;b&gt;this link&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us your Florida questions! Florida State Representative (District 60) Lindsay Cross joins the podcast to talk about Florida Forever, environmental challenges in Florida, and what she's doing to help make Florida a paradise for everyone instead of an elite few. Links We Mentioned Lindsay Cross Chadd Charland filled in for Rick Kilby on this episode, he is running for State House in District 15 (Nassau and portions of Duval counties). Florida Wildlife Corridor Florida Forever Florida Commu...

Episode 256: Lindsay Cross, Florida's Environment, and Florida Forever

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new">Send us your Florida questions!</a>Florida lesbian author Kristen Arnett joins the podcast to talk about her favorite lizard, what led her to set her debt novel in a taxidermy shop, and other special Florida experiences. Links We Mentioned<a href='https://amzn.to/4tacRky'>Mostly Dead Things</a><a href='https://amzn.to/41ESnnW'>With Teeth</a><a href='https://amzn.to/4tXYwI5'>Stop Me If You&apos;ve Heard This One</a><a href='http://kristenarnettwriter.com/'>KristenArnettWriter.com</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;locale.x=en_US">Support the show</a>Question or comment? Email us at <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'>cathy@floridaspectacular.com</a>.Subscribe to <a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'>The Florida Spectacular newsletter</a>, and keep up with Cathy&apos;s travels at <a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'>greatfloridaroadtrip.com</a>. Keep up with Rick at <a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'>studiohourglass.blogspot.com</a> and get his books at <a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'>rickkilby.com</a>.Find Cathy on social media: <a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'>Facebook.com/SalustriCathy</a> and everywhere else as <a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'>@CathySalustri</a>; connect with Rick <a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'>Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth</a>, Bluesky (@<a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'>oldfla.bsky.social</a>), and IG (@<a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'>ricklebee</a>).NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use <a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'>this link</a>!

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1527562/fan_mail/new"&gt;Send us your Florida questions!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Florida lesbian author Kristen Arnett joins the podcast to talk about her favorite lizard, what led her to set her debt novel in a taxidermy shop, and other special Florida experiences. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links We Mentioned&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4tacRky'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mostly Dead Things&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/41ESnnW'&gt;&lt;em&gt;With Teeth&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://amzn.to/4tXYwI5'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stop Me If You&amp;apos;ve Heard This One&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://kristenarnettwriter.com/'&gt;KristenArnettWriter.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://paypal.me/floridaspectacular?country.x=US&amp;amp;locale.x=en_US"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question or comment? Email us at &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com'&gt;&lt;b&gt;cathy@floridaspectacular.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subscribe to &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://eepurl.com/df4f_T'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Florida Spectacular newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and keep up with Cathy&amp;apos;s travels at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://greatfloridaroadtrip.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;greatfloridaroadtrip.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Keep up with Rick at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;studiohourglass.blogspot.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; and get his books at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.rickkilby.com/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;rickkilby.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Cathy on social media: &lt;a href='http://www.facebook.com/SalustriCathy'&gt;Facebook.com/SalustriCathy&lt;/a&gt; and everywhere else as &lt;a href='http://www.twitter.com/CathySalustri'&gt;@CathySalustri&lt;/a&gt;; connect with Rick &lt;a href='https://www.facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth'&gt;Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth&lt;/a&gt;, Bluesky (@&lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/oldfla.bsky.social'&gt;oldfla.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;), and IG (@&lt;a href='http://www.instagram.com/ricklebee'&gt;ricklebee&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW: Florida landscape questions — Send us your Florida plant questions and we&amp;apos;ll have an expert answer them on the show! Use &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='mailto:cathy@floridaspectacular.com?subject=Plant question'&gt;&lt;b&gt;this link&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Send us your Florida questions! Florida lesbian author Kristen Arnett joins the podcast to talk about her favorite lizard, what led her to set her debt novel in a taxidermy shop, and other special Florida experiences.  Links We Mentioned Mostly Dead Things With Teeth Stop Me If You've Heard This One KristenArnettWriter.com  Support the show Question or comment? Email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com. Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels...

Episode 255: Kristen Arnett: Taxidermy, 7-11 Lizards, and Other Florida Things

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