Category Archives: life

Yarn Party

This year for the first time at an Automattic Grand Meetup, I organized an activity — a yarn party! A bunch of my coworkers, already united by WordPress, also share a love of fiber arts. It was nice to take a break from intense discussions and activities to just work on some knitting or crochet projects. I even taught a few developers how to knit, which was really fun! I’d love to do this again next year.   

Wild geese

This flock of geese hangs out in the local elementary school baseball/soccer field, most mornings. I wonder if any of the kids in the classrooms that overlook this field stare out the window at them.  
Somewhat related, yesterday on our walk to school (well our walk-partway-to-school) I saw this poetry post with my favorite Mary Oliver poem in it. 

  
“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”

If I ever write a poem as good as this, all the striving and sorrow in my life will have been an excellent investment.