Personally I loved the observation about the grass stains and how they just weren't important enough to be something Steve cared about, but I thought the image of him walking hand in hand through the grass with his family was a bit saccharine.
It's enough just to invoke the idea that Steve had found time to get outside - whatever he was doing and whoever he was doing it with and that he did so by focusing on what was truly important but part of great writing is leaving a little bit to the reader and I felt he could have left it there.
But hell, what do I know, I post the odd thing on HN, Gruber earns six figures blogging...
(Don't get me wrong, I like Gruber and I like the piece, just that paragraph).
It's enough just to invoke the idea that Steve had found time to get outside - whatever he was doing and whoever he was doing it with and that he did so by focusing on what was truly important but part of great writing is leaving a little bit to the reader and I felt he could have left it there.
But hell, what do I know, I post the odd thing on HN, Gruber earns six figures blogging...
(Don't get me wrong, I like Gruber and I like the piece, just that paragraph).