6. The Piano. We became the recipients of a piano when Kelly’s mother took ownership of her father’s Steinway. I couldn’t stop grinning the day it arrived and I still haven’t. As a young man I took three years of piano lessons, though at the time it seemed more of a chore. I didn’t really appreciate it until now.
Still, I did learn something while I was there. I can still play two songs by memory, my fingers surprising me by knowing where to go. Playing is like soothing meditation to me – I get caught up and go somewhere else. It isn’t always pretty for my audience, though. Often they want to go somewhere else!
Since then we’ve located sheet music, which I’ve even attempted to play. We’ve also had family music nights, with me on piano, Kelly on flute, and the kids playing harmonica and cymbals.
How wonderful it is to have a piano around to rekindle my love of music.
Holly Hunter, is that you?