{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Amber Black","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/amble","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1641718","username":"amble","bio":"Just a person. A person who is a human. Definitely a human person.","pronouns":"she/her","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":24,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/30/1641718.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"85446275","content_html":"<p>It’s early (04:15) and I’m awake. Here’s a few more photos from my trip so far.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Queen of the dirt pile &lt;3</li>\n<li>Nandi, statue at the entrance to one of the Śiva temples we went to on Monday.</li>\n<li>Sunrise from the open-air yoga śala at our retreat center.</li>\n</ol>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F6a3c2d825f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fcf693aa934.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F3e9884cc40.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2026/03/03/its-early-and-im-awake.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T22:52:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 22:52","date_timestamp":1772578370,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3mg6ufhiozj2d"]}},{"id":"85417437","content_html":"<p>Greetings from India! I am on retreat with my teacher in beautiful Kovalam, in the (freshly renamed) state of Keralam. I’ve been really enjoying my time here. I’m getting some ayurvedic treatments for joint pain and they’ve been really nice. Today I got a dust bath (powder massage)! Yesterday we went to...</p> <a href=\"https://pesto.dog/2026/03/03/greetings-from-india-i-am.html\">pesto.dog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2026/03/03/greetings-from-india-i-am.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T15:55:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 15:55","date_timestamp":1772553354,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83499560","content_html":"<p>Feeling a lot of heavy feelings these days. But we went to Biscuit’s happy place over the weekend.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F2026-02-01-10.33.34.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A dog wearing a harness stands on a sandy beach with gentle ocean waves in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F008bbeb299.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"A dog is joyfully running on a sandy beach with hills and trees in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2026/02/03/feeling-a-lot-of-heavy.html","date_published":"2026-02-03T16:56:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-03 16:56","date_timestamp":1770137816,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3mdxth4zw4j22"]}},{"id":"76240539","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kimberlykg\">@kimberlykg</a> Thank you! It’s so fun to draw on this thing. It’s like a Magnadoodle for grownups :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/amble/76240539","date_published":"2025-10-20T21:46:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-20 21:46","date_timestamp":1760996800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76237935","content_html":"For my birthday this year, I got myself an e-ink sketchbook and note-taking tablet (and ebook reader!). I drawed a spooky little doodle.\n\nA million years ago, in college, one of my professors showed us his brand new Kindle. I thought e-ink was so cool. Convinced it was the future. Then my friend got an iPh... <a href=\"https://pesto.dog/2025/10/20/for-my-birthday-this-year.html\">pesto.dog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/10/20/for-my-birthday-this-year.html","date_published":"2025-10-20T21:00:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-20 21:00","date_timestamp":1760994032,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75851255","content_html":"<p>We’ve watched a couple of the <em>Puppet Master</em> films so far this spooky season.</p>\n<p>Pictured: Blade (not the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(character)\">vampire hunter</a>) and Pinhead (not the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhead_(Hellraiser)\">Cenobite</a>). I think that they are meant to be good guys, but they do end up murdering people a lot.</p>\n<p>🍿</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fpuppet-master-1989.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/10/15/weve-watched-a-couple-of.html","date_published":"2025-10-15T17:32:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-15 17:32","date_timestamp":1760549553,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3m3aroxrind22"]}},{"id":"75315248","content_html":"<p><em>Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.</em><sup><a class=\"footnote-ref\">1</a></sup></p>\n \n \n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Isaiah 10:1-2 <a class=\"footnote-backref\">↩︎</a></p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n \n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/10/08/woe-to-those-who-make.html","date_published":"2025-10-08T17:43:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-08 17:43","date_timestamp":1759945402,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3m2p6weu3bu27"]}},{"id":"72686777","content_html":"Last week, a bee stung me on my neck (pause for scratching). The good news is that I haven’t suddenly developed a bee venom allergy (though -of course- I still worried about it constantly). The bad news is that it’s still really annoying! I guess I’m glad I don’t get stung more often.\n\nWe had another littl... <a href=\"https://pesto.dog/2025/09/03/last-week-a-bee-stung.html\">pesto.dog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/09/03/last-week-a-bee-stung.html","date_published":"2025-09-03T15:35:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-03 15:35","date_timestamp":1756913737,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3lxwxi3ffns2e"]}},{"id":"72198316","content_html":"Weathered the heat wave in Santa Margarita for a long weekend rounding retreat with my meditation teacher/pal Betsy &lt;3\n\nIt was a little emotionally heavy. I went into it thinking about the last time I took a trip, almost a year ago, when we were in the thick of it with Pesto. It turns out meditating five t... <a href=\"https://pesto.dog/2025/08/27/weathered-the-heat-wave-in.html\">pesto.dog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/08/27/weathered-the-heat-wave-in.html","date_published":"2025-08-27T19:47:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-27 19:47","date_timestamp":1756324029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70501210","content_html":"<p>Recently.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Faef0b67683.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fb7d37c587c.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Ffede65a1c0.jpg\" alt=\"A vibrant monarch butterfly rests on pink flowers amidst lush greenery.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/08/04/recently.html","date_published":"2025-08-04T19:58:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-04 19:58","date_timestamp":1754337517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3lvly6xgu342g"]}},{"id":"69817201","content_html":"<p>A mildly interesting sight to see in our neighborhood. RIP, death bloom.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F96652c31d9.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/07/25/a-mildly-interesting-sight-to.html","date_published":"2025-07-25T23:14:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-25 23:14","date_timestamp":1753485246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3lut6h22zjd2g"]}},{"id":"69576019","content_html":"<p>Making the slowest progress on Ivy’s blanket. But I’ve remembered how much I enjoy Tunisian crochet.. perhaps this blanket, when done, will pass along this content and ..unhurried mood :)</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F66be5fac40.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/07/22/making-the-slowest-progress-on.html","date_published":"2025-07-22T23:39:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-22 23:39","date_timestamp":1753227586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3luloi5kuef2y"]}},{"id":"67910959","content_html":"<p>We have a real dog. Look at him! Laying down on the filthy scratchy bricks. So comfortable, so unconcerned.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F1019db3a79.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" alt=\"A dog is lying in a sunlit area on a brick patio surrounded by leafy shadows.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/06/30/we-have-a-real-dog.html","date_published":"2025-06-30T17:54:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-30 17:54","date_timestamp":1751306045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3lstqvkyfmr2y"]}},{"id":"65134640","content_html":"<p>Hi.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F2025-05-21-22.40.53-1.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A small dog with a black collar is lying on a carpet, enjoying a gentle chin scratch.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/05/23/hi.html","date_published":"2025-05-23T22:37:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-23 22:37","date_timestamp":1748039858,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o2aayddiv3ge3w2jcr735lcp/post/3lpuozuft7u2w"]}},{"id":"62989888","content_html":"<p>Been missing Pesto a lot this week. And Biscuit hasn’t been sleeping well the past few days, so we haven’t either. I’m tired!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F2016-08-20-14.05.49.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"A bearded man wearing sunglasses is holding a small dog on his lap while sitting on a sand-covered patchwork blanket at the beach.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/04/24/been-missing-pesto-a-lot.html","date_published":"2025-04-24T21:51:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-24 21:51","date_timestamp":1745531485,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62989889","content_html":"<p>Ready. <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://pesto.dog/uploads/2025/2025-04-18-16.55.36-1.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://pesto.dog/2025/04/21/ready.html\">pesto.dog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2025/04/21/ready.html","date_published":"2025-04-21T16:32:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-21 16:32","date_timestamp":1745253120,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62354689","content_html":"<p>kośāḥ: <a href=\"https://smrti.pesto.dog/2025/04/16/ko.html\">smrti.pesto.dog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://smrti.pesto.dog/2025/04/16/ko.html","date_published":"2025-04-16T21:47:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-16 21:47","date_timestamp":1744840049,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"61767636","content_html":"<p>dṛṣṭi: <a href=\"https://amble.micro.blog/2025/04/08/di.html\">amble.micro.blog</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://amble.micro.blog/2025/04/08/di.html","date_published":"2025-04-08T16:58:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-08 16:58","date_timestamp":1744131517,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53777728","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fpesto.dog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F048ee56e49.jpg\" width=\"405\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://pesto.dog/2024/12/30/230202.html","date_published":"2024-12-31T07:02:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Amber Black","url":"https://pesto.dog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F30%2F1641718.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"amble"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-31 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