Revelry Reverie

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),…

Grant’s new medication has been working really well for him. It’s let him get organized in a way heretofore unimagined, and possibly to be feared. He’s organized, he’s got a plan, and he’s bossy as hell. The other day he “picked me up” after work (aka, came into my office and stared at me until…

I was reading And Then There Were None today, and Agatha Christie described the start of the storm on Indian Island as rain hissing down. Sitting in my office having just finished my lunch, I closed my eyes, and yes – the sound the rain was making outside my little window did sound like hissing.…

My daughter’s team is at the Odyssey of the Mind World’s competition in East Lansing, Michigan. I am with her! Since I can work from anywhere, I’ve been working from my dorm room (lol), and joining the team for things like the opening ceremony and some meals. Their long-term problem presentation is in about 40…