Revelry Reverie

Henry and Eleanor turned 14 this past Saturday. It was lovely, and they said it was the best birthday yet. Eleanor did specify “top 14!” I’m glad they’re growing up, and proud of them and the people they’re becoming, but fourteen is really real. They’re really going to be driving soon, and moving out soon,…

Oh my god, I am so over being sick. For more than a week I’ve been sick with what’s turned out to be a sinus infection. It’s been the worst. I finally went to the doctor and she gave me antibiotics. She also said, “I was trying to remember the last time you came in…

Bob and I took a mini-trip to Manhattan this week, because I was speaking on a panel for Cornell Tech and All Tech is Human on Wednesday, and then lecturing the class Trust & Safety: Platforms, Policies, Products, also at Cornell Tech. This was a fantastic, awe-inspiring trip! On Tuesday we saw Moulin Rouge! and…

I was invited to a little girl’s birthday party this week, so I knew it was important to get the gift right. She’s a real pistol, who is social and filled to the brim with sass. So I got her a box of rocks and a shovel. Back in early summer, she saw Bob doing…

Every year we go to Wasaga Beach in Ontario, and it’s my favorite vacation. I sit outside, read books, and don’t worry about the kids drowning (it’s very shallow and they’re all very good swimmers). This year I read 8 books, and we were there 8 days. So I feel good about that — I…

The last time we were at the Sphere to see Dead and Company, a young man snapped a photo of us from behind on the escalator, ran over to us, and sent it to Bob’s phone. I saved him into Bob’s phone as “Craig Escalator.” It’s unlikely that’s his real name, but that’s what we…

I try to go see my parents every week with the kids once a week – it got real busy in there between track, baseball, spring hockey, Odyssey of the Mind, and theatre workshop! But we started back up our weekly dinners and it is so very nice.

We snuck off to Canada for the fourth of July weekend, and I’m so happy we did.

My baby turned nine years old today! It’s hard to believe that it was nine long years ago that Grant hurtled into this world, because sometimes it feels so short – though also sometimes it feels every minute of nine years. I love him so much, and I’m so proud of him. He stayed home…

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Automattic! WordPress, the open source project, turned 22 this year, and Tumblr turned 18 in February. Twelve and a half years ago, I joined Automattic. And it turns out today marks 15 years since I started my first WordPress.com site! 4% of Automatticians started before me (approx 60 people),…