I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

I did stories about unexpected encounters, back roads, small towns and ordinary folk, sometimes doing something a little extraordinary.

Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties of fish and wildlife and trees and plants of every sort. We are a nation rich in rivers.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12.