This heart-filling adventure of discovery and joy began in the simplest way: I was looking for a television show to play in the background as I worked. My writing days started in newsrooms and boisterous press boxes where it was a constant cacophony of noise. There is a specificity in picking a television show for background noise: It has to be one that won’t distract me from working yet will keep me company. I fiddled with the Roku until I found the perfect one: The Andy Griffith Show.