This beautiful granite bench can be found in a small park overlooking the Housatonic River on the east side of the West Cornwall covered bridge. Many stories flow out of this sculpture: intuited, imagined and in the end largely unknown, but nonetheless resonant. Stories are revealed in the Joel Sternfeld photo book, On This Site, that I passed up earlier in the day at a church basement sale – the tragedies a little too jarring for a beautiful spring day.