In this collection of stories about life and living from Bailey White—the former first-grade teacher, avid gardener, and frequent host of NPR's All Things Considered—recalls anecdotes about her rural upbringing, her eccentric mother, and other tales tinted with her southern charm. In addition to "Among the Mushrooms," the stories in this recording include "Flying Saucer," "Music," "Sidewalk Diagnosis," "In the Bleak Mid-Winter," "Movie Producer," "Mama's Memoirs," "Maritime Disasters," "Vikings," "The Retired Russian Colonel," "Fax It," "Sleep and Prayer," "White Horses in the Snow."