Nantucket
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Jelly Gem Rolls
Jelly Gem Rolls Recipe Related Post: The Joy of Baking Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Bread See more recipes here
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The Joy of Baking
It’s Wednesday, which means baking day. But I’m not doing any baking today, because I was so excited to try something new this week, that I’ve already gone through a whole bag of AP flour. That’s okay, though, because we’re stocked for a while and I’ve been having lots of fun! I really do think…
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Buttermilk Bread
Buttermilk Bread Recipe Related Post: The Joy of Baking An Amber Original! See more recipes here
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Become a Yoga Master
Okay, so maybe I won’t become a yoga master and achieve the secret skill of levitation like in the Sims, but Housewife Challenge #3 is to get back into shape and to start doing yoga on a regular basis again. While I was pregnant, I discovered yoga at the suggestion of my friend Laura, who…
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Report Card
This is my second report card on how I’m doing at meeting my housewife challenges. (Remember I said I was going to hold myself accountable to you every other Sunday.) I haven’t been too enthusiastic about creating challenges for myself, so there are only two so far: Get (and keep) the grocery bill under budget…
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Powell Ears
I started following a mama blog recently by a mama who is a photographer. She does a fun little thing every Thursday called “You Capture,” where she gives out a topic and encourages people to go out, take pictures for the next week, and then share their pictures the following Thursday. I’ve been taking a…
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Preparing for a (Not) Picky Eater
Thursday is CSA pick-up day and we finally had proof of the existence of summer: a surprisingly heavy bag out of the cooler at Annye’s. So heavy I was impatient to look inside; I couldn’t even wait to get home before untying the knot and rooting through our treasures. In addition to the standard fare…
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Empowerment in Birth
There’s a discussion going on over at the Motherload blog about whether or not there is an ideal way to give birth. Lisa Belkin seems to think an ideal birth is a fiction, and all that matters is a healthy baby and mother. I disagree that there isn’t an ideal, because I think there’s enough…
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All Joy and Lots of Fun
in MotherhoodLast week’s New York Magazine cover article “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting” was a real downer – in case you couldn’t figure that out by the title – and written by a journalist (and mother), Jennifer Senior, who definitely takes the glass half-empty approach. The article opens with a tale of…
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Report Card
Are you wondering how I’ve been doing at living up to those Housewife Challenges? Well, wonder no more, because it’s report card time! We all know that a goal set with no finish line is one that can easily fall to the wayside. So, to make sure I’m staying on track, I’m going to hold…
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The Tower
Despite the heat wave we’ve been having, I still try to get out for a walk or two every day. The location (and price!) is really what sold us on our house – it’s a walkable distance to so many things, and I’ve been slowly exploring the island, spiraling out like a web from la…
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Happiness Is…
A 4th of July street fair. This has to be the best 4th of July party I have ever seen – but then, like I said, when Nantucket does something, they do it right. Saturday morning, Nora and I headed down to the Unitarian Church for a public reading of the Declaration of Independence and…
