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

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy.

I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

What you need for breakfast, they say in East Tennessee, is a jug of good corn liquor, a thick steak and a hound dog. Then you feed the steak to the dog.

I was on the high school track team, believe it or not, and played baseball, poorly but passionately.