This is the first song I learned how to play and sing on the piano. I was doing a fellowship at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg Fla., and stressing out trying to learn how to write good narrative journalism. One night, I had to just push away from the keyboard for a little while and relax. While walking around the deserted building, I found a little stand-up piano in a banquet hall and got to pecking around on it. By the end of the night, I'd figured out how to play this. Nine months later, I buy a little electric piano, and we're right back to where it started. Watch the end to see a cameo from my big red dog Barrett.