- Outreachy May 2024: A Letter to Fedora Applicants
To all Outreachy May 2024 applicants to the Fedora Project, Today is May 2nd, 2024. The Outreachy May 2024 round results will be published in a few short hours. This year, the participation in Fedora for Outreachy May 2024 was record-breaking. Fedora …
- This Moment
A short poem that I was inspired to write after a short drive running errands, and I was absorbed momentarily into the beauty of the natural world around me. Read more of my poetry on my blog. The media report this season is warmer, The scientists …
- Eventually for Eternity.
A poem to describe love from a constantly suspended state of waiting and wonder. Read more of my poetry on my blog. The air carries a breeze, In from the eastward-facing window. The breeze carries whispers and secrets of the night, Into the ear, …
- Storytelling: 2023 Was a Quiet Blog Year. in 2024, I Recommit to Storytelling.
2023 is almost over. It was a busy year. When I was a student, I used to write about what I was learning. But after finishing my studies, I stopped writing regularly. Now I want to focus on the future and adopt a storytelling theme for 2024. This …
- White Narrative: You Cannot Be What You Cannot See?
My musing this time is an underdeveloped thought about diversity, equity, & inclusion; allyship; and being a white person. Last year in October 2022, I attended the excellent Inclusion & Diversity in Open Source summit at All Things Open 2022. There …
- Shells.
Friend, are you okay? How are you? Is it going well? Or is it a tough time? You can tell me, brother. My ear is yours at this moment, sister. Friend, if I have things you need to borrow, please ask me. I appreciate you. I appreciate the person that …
- "I Am the Wilderness": On Trust & Community
Trust is a word and a concept that is on my mind lately. Trust is an idea that permeates all levels of our waking consciousness, and impacts how we build connections and relationships with other human beings. It is something impossible to ignore, yet …
- Middle Path.
The answer suddenly appeared that the only way to solve my dilemma of two split worlds was to find the middle path. This thought emerged to me, as I stood under the warm stream of water in the same shower I had used countless times over the last ten …
- Write Yourself Into Obsolescence.
This thought was pressed into my mind as I looked over all that I had created. Facing the inevitable end of one life chapter as it transitions into a new one, I recognized one possible way to improve our individual impact through documentation. …
- CHAOSS DEI Review: Midyear Reflection
Since February 2021, the CHAOSS Project is conducting a funded, long-term review of its governance, practices, and processes in a diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) “audit.” I originally joined as an internal community liaison and initially …