I LOVE this story about a piano being left mysteriously sitting in the woods! (I’ve come up with all sorts of stories about how it got there already – and I hope it’s just the first of a whole series of mysteriously appearing art and music all over the country!)

And speaking of stories, I’ve recently fallen in love with this quote:

Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one pattern to another: a potential translation in which narrative becomes parable and the once upon a time comes to stand for some renascent truth. This approach applies to all the incidents of everyday life: the phrase in the newspaper, the endearing or infuriating game of a toddler, the misunderstanding at the office. Our species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.
-Mary Catherine Bateson