Pie envy

I think perhaps one of the reasons that story - the idea, the process, the utility of it - is so important to me (why, after all, we proposed this class in the first place) - is because of its very concreteness, and the ways in which stories permeate our lives whether we acknowledge it or not. The exchange of narrative, whether informally or in a formal oral history interview, is what our culture is based upon. As we've looked at in class, and as I read in some of these posts, the truth of a story is becoming largely immaterial; feelings and sentiments and reflections are paramount - and - we are inevitable and often critical participants in the stories we hear. I only wish more of the stories I hear came with pie.