Amber’s Blog
-
Report Card
๐ NantucketThis little check-in is all about food. Wonderful delicious food that I will be sharing with you throughout the week, because I have a backlog of recipes: sea bass with roasted fennel, carrot, and potatoes; rice pudding; strawberry crumb muffins; and white lasagna. We’ve been eating really well around here, enjoying summer fruits as side…
-
Saturday Surfing
๐ NantucketFinds of the week: Breastfeeding and Pumping for 6 month old Baby from the UC Davis Human Lactation Center Food Ark, National Geographic — a fabulous article about heirloom seeds and the role they will play in feeding the world.ย Here’s a quote: “Most of us in the well-fed world give little thought to where…
-
Hallelujah and Settling In
๐ NantucketWell, if I was feeling down yesterday, today certainly was the very definition of a new day. Nora and I had a great time with two of our friends and their daughters this evening planning island events for World Breastfeeding Week. There’s nothing like planning all kinds of exciting breastfeeding promotion and support events to…
-
Facing Failure (and Moving Past It)
It’s been a while since I wrote about Papoose and my desire to support Nantucket families, so I thought I’d take a moment to update everyone on how it’s going: Through the generosity of friends and family, I received $2,715 to put towards opening the store.ย I am incredibly grateful for the support I received,…
-
Not a Report Card
๐ NantucketThere are a million things I could write about today, but all I can think about is this email I just received from Phil & Teds: Yeah, I screamed, “HOLY COW!” and scared Chris (but luckily did not wake up Nora, though it would have been worth it).ย And now, I’m too excited to sit…
-
Saturday Surfing
๐ NantucketFinds of the Week: Baby Makes Four, and Complications, NY Times — Intriguing profile of a family made up of a single mother, her son, her best friend/the sperm donor and his partner.ย It’s part of a series the times is running as a periodic look into how โnontraditionalโ families are becoming a norm. BPA…
-
More Love Than Hate
๐ NantucketNora’s relationship with the beach is slowly improving, one baby step at a time. Not only is she usually willing to put her feet in the water now, she’s finally really into the sand.Between the toys Mr. V’s mama left behind when the moved back to Florida and some free yard sale left overs, Nora…
-
Satisfying My Inner Nerd
I did it…I finally said goodbye to wordpress.com and moved to a self-hosted site! Beginning today, all traffic to the old site should be redirected to my new domain, https://amberhinds.com. I’m really excited about this new site. Being self-hosted allowed me to better make use of my design abilities and to create a more visually…
-
A Little Bit Brilliant and a Little Bit Not
๐ NantucketToday was another wonderful, wonderful day.ย It started with a strawberry rhubarb buckle that I mostly made up on the spot, and that turned out delicious.ย I love when baking just works, and I love that I finally understand so much more about how to combine ingredients to get the desired effect.ย This morning, I…
-
Berry Sweet
๐ NantucketIt’s probably good that I forget how much I love summer during the cold months, because I would be pretty depressed if I spent gray and dreary Nantucket winters mourning the amazingness that is a perfect summer day: Bike rides to the grocery store, walks to the farmers market, and digging through straw and leaves…
-
Saturday Surfing
๐ NantucketFinds of the week: And Then She Saved — a blog by a woman who is on a “spending fast” for the year to try to eliminate her debt. In Praise of Roughhousing, Motherlode — A little rough-and-tumble play can aid in children’s emotional development and in bonding with parents. Let My Parents Marry, Motherlode…
-
Nora’s Friend
๐ NantucketEven though babysitting isn’t my ideal long-term plan, I have to say that it’s really been a good thing for our family.ย I’ve made a great friend in Mr. T’s mama, I get plenty of practice in juggling two children (which will come in handy someday), and Nora gets the benefit of having another child…