Behind a bench, on the empty side of the park, you see some letters upended.

Maybe they fell off a sign. Maybe they were part of an art installation. They’re very three-dimensional and very white on the green grass.

But that’s the problem with metaphors – they’re always ultimately reading practice.

Kerry works in adult education in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He thinks that most people have really great stories to share, except boring people, and that learning to tell stories empowers people to learn to learn from them.