I want us to know our world. If I lived in North Georgia on up through the Appalachians, I would be just as crazy about the mountain laurel as I am about [Texas] bluebonnets.

Walk away from it until you're stronger, All your problems will be there when you get back, but you'll be better able to cope.

I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.

My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that define the regions of our land-to encourage and promote their use in appropriate areas, and thus help pass on to generation in waiting the quiet jobs and satisfactions I have known since my childhood.

Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.