I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.

I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.

It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

There's always a part of your nation's history that you haven't been told that... has a powerful impact on how you yourself may behave and may believe.

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.