Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 8hSimchat Torah: officially the best holiday! It was fantastic. 130
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chabad sukkah alert! Lulav and etrog shaking is always too confusing for me to do at minyan but I had a personal lesson just now from the gentlemen here, and my afternoon has improved. 130
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Exciting development: why did my ironing cloth just melt over my iron? The cloth I was using this morning as usual without issues, that one specifically. I mean, I don't actually care, but wondering about it distracts me from my rage at needing an entire new iron. 130
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Anybody have any recommendations for where to find high-quality sewing thread? Would my local fabric store have any, or is that too basic an item for them to carry? Don't laugh, it's been years, and all I remember is my mother's complaints about it already twenty years ago. 6102
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Home with a cold and just spilled 14oz of water behind my headboard. How's everybody else's Monday going? 131
Reposted by Hilary TamarShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For 9 years this cat has attempted to get me to feed him at 4 am every day and for 9 years he has not succeeded one time and his only takeaway has been well it's certainly not happening if I don't try again, and I'm starting to find him quite inspirational 482107209
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Niche post for Jewish moots, but: they've given me the Kallat Torah aliyah this year!! I still can't believe it but I need to squee to people who I don't have to explain it to! <kermitflail.gif> 140
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For the first time in decades I have a sewing machine, and whoever wrote the manual was a goddamed genius because I went from unboxing to smooth stitching in 90 minutes. Look at this helpful beauty! There’s even an index *and* a self-referential “List of the Instruction Manuals” in the box. 🩷 260
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From a thread about something else entirely, and I’ve discovered that never has a piece of music been as targeted at me specifically as “Psalm 150 in Grandsire Triples”. Perhaps it might float your boat too. (in Latin; I think it’d’ve been as swell in the Hebrew, so this is remark, not criticism) 000
Reposted by Hilary TamarRose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In the mood for a Days of Awe gay historical romance? I've got you covered!! L'shanah tovah!!! 🍯🍎😚 “I adored this book. Funny, fresh, and everything I want in a historical romance.” —Cat Sebastian books2read.com/SailorsDelight 32317
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In the end I had no good fruit but the dinner was amazing—great people, great food, all around a lovely night, and they didn’t even mind that I showed up an hour late because service ran very long. 040
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Baby’s First Rosh Hashanah was chaos, halakhically speaking—wound up writing by hand about (other people’s) money, twice—but otherwise excellent, if exhausting. 10 hours of services in 3 days with multiple walks to and from shul is no joke. I don’t know how the clergy make it through the season. 140
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I thought OPI couldn’t make a better nail polish than the red they called Smitten With Mittens, but that was before I discovered their green called My Gecko Does Tricks. Looking forward to confusing the morning minyan crew with iridescent lime green nails. 050
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I shopped for new fruits for a Rosh Hashanah dinner tomorrow and nothing at the store was both new and ripe. Very little “new” at all, really, so I got pomegranates/seeds and I’ll hope nobody has their heart set on novelty. I just don’t know where else to look tho. ::frets in non-car-haver:: 230
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hot take/hill I will die on: simit is god’s gift to the savory toric portion of the baking universe, not bagels. 000
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Holiday challah has landed! I had to miss most of Rosh Hashanah last year because I was quarantining with a potential respiratory thing, so I’m extra looking forward to it this year. 120
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m sitting here trying to read in my building’s lounge and someone is tutoring a child in fractions and I’m having an AITA moment. I’ve seen her doing zoom tutoring before, just like other people in there do zoom work calls, but this feels different? We aren’t actually an office? 110
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My aunt died this morning, one of the very best people it was ever my honor to know. God is royally fucking up the deaths today, I have to say. 790
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I've had good results with setting up the secondary iPod, on the other hand. Sadly the music app doesn't recognize music, so it looks like I'll be using my PDF reader app for that. (No joke: Goodreader is amazing.) 020
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026My iPhone will no longer sync after I installed the update the computer told me was necessary for syncing. In fact, it shows me less info about the phone than it did before the update. I've been wrangling hardware all day and I am unamused. 020
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 11/08/2026MacOS doesn't search ~/Library? Even when it's a visible directory? I'm sitting here looking at my scripts folder and watching a file appear and disappear depending on whether my search is restricted to Library—appears! yay!—or encompasses (in theory the entirety of) This Mac—vanishes! boo! wtf. 010
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I had to disable all reposts early on because I couldn’t keep up with the volume, but now I can achieve the perfect mental health balance: disable all reposts *except* doggos from @darthbluesky.bsky.social. 050
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My mother’s senior living facility has just sent out an email asking for family input on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur celebrations, which I translate partly as “we have no Jews in management and we don’t want to fuck up; please tell us what to do”, an approach more places could stand to adopt. 120
Reposted by Hilary TamarDavid Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Philomena finds that missing pieces can lead to expanded horizons. 741484
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Make stupid choices, get stupid migraines. So so dumb. 040
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The brace continues to do its job well—yay doctor, yay brace! By now tho the tag has started to really irritate my skin. If I cut it off it’ll turn into a sharp edge, and flipping it out the end of the brace exposes a smaller sharp tag lurking underneath the primary one. Anybody have ideas? 440
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The last meringue was a mistake. The six before it were fine tho, so on balance a win with no lessons to be drawn re: future seventh meringues. 080
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I just spent 10 minutes looking for the fidget toy I was using while I ate but then lost in the 20 seconds it took me to go put the dish in the sink. In the end it was in the trash, because… I don’t know, maybe I also threw away a kleenex? Literally no memory of anything after standing up. 🤦🏻♀️ 140
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Turn out the specialist I went to for his expertise in hand treatment is in fact correct in his recommendations for treating hands. The brace is helping enormously and I got a full night’s sleep for the first time in days. 240
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Once again I can’t find anyone to give good tennis tickets to. If anybody wants baseline box seats to see Venus Williams play tonight, hit me up. 113
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Anybody have any crucial tips for life without a dominant-hand opposable thumb for a few weeks? I'm about to experiment with getting a frappuccino-style drink with whipped cream, which will be a learning experience one way or the other, but I'm sure there are more useful skills to know. 210
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Oh! Pain meds exist! I always forget they exist for things that aren’t headaches. And since they’re also—and stay with me here, I know it’s a complex idea—since they’re also anti-inflammatories, and I have—wait for it—inflammation, perhaps I should be taking them even if I’m not hurting. 🤦🏻♀️ 060
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I achieved an acceptable grade in Patient & got a steroid shot + brace for a common form of tendinitis. The dr is more confident than I am that the brace will help the condition that worsens when I don't use the arm, but we'll see how it goes tonight. He did agree not to use AI tho, so bonus there. 140
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Time to try to suppress the fear so I can get a good grade at being a patient. (I hate this feeling) 320
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026cw injury So you know when you dislocate a joint & there’s that instant feeling of *wrongness* alongside the intense stabby pain and then the tenderness and swelling once it’s back in place? Yeah, that’s the feeling my wrist keeps having multiple times overnight and WOW is that not fun. 250
Reposted by Hilary TamarMontgomery County, MD Government @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🔧♻️ Don't toss it, fix it! Join Montgomery County DEP's Fix-It Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Gaithersburg Library. Get free help repairing electronics, clothing, bikes, small appliances and more. Registration is required. ow.ly/VQjW50Zt8ET 152
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Going to the orthopedist tomorrow because I’m now getting intermittent stabbing pains along my forearm, and I figure it’s time for professional intervention. The plan for today is to figure out how to be a helpful & accommodating patient. ::sigh:: 020
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 26/07/2026My Romancing the Vote cat trap with bonus coasters, courtesy of @slip-stitch.bsky.social! Eeeeeee! 0102
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Going offline for Tisha b’Av. Have a lovely multi-cantor reading of Eicha.youtu.beEICHA: A Reading of LamentationsYouTube video by Amy Robinson Music 020
Reposted by Hilary TamarMontgomery County, MD Government @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026🎡 Everyone deserves to experience the fun of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. Join the Fair's first Sensory Friendly Midway Morning on Monday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Enjoy rides, games and entertainment with reduced lights, sounds and announcements. mcagfair.com 012
Reposted by Hilary TamarThe American Postal Workers Union @apwu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It's a service older than our country – by the people, for the people. Don't let it get taken away. 0147
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Question for ADHD meds-having friends (of which I am reminded by posts elseSky): Your descriptions of your brains sound v familiar, but I’ve tried several meds/dosages over the years with no results. Does that suggest I don’t in fact have ADHD and should just try harder to get my act together, or? 430
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026How do I convince my non-Jewish family that going to daily minyan doesn’t make me a zealot? Yes, it’s prayer, but today it was also a 4-way discussion with one rabbi in person and a second by text, three books, then hauling out the actual Torah scroll, all bc somebody had a question at breakfast. > 460
Reposted by Hilary Tamarboonque @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Idea: a modern version of a chicken pox party where when one kid evaluates positive for autism or ADHD, every one of that kid's friends as well as the parents of those friends gets evaluated too 084
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Swag for @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social’s A GENTLEMAN’S GENTLEMAN and A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS. Buy the books; read the books; the books are good. 030
Hilary Tamar @hilarytamar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is a neat idea I haven’t seen before in other local temporary transit disruptions. (They’ve closed a few Metro stations in the area for the next two months and while Metro is running shuttles to connect stations across the gap, this seems to be an independent county initiative.) 030
Reposted by Hilary Tamars. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 12/07/2026I gotta sleep but everyone please take this moment as a prompt to check in with friends and make sure everyone is on the same page with your wishes: Do you want to be woken up when it happens or not? 292239318
Reposted by Hilary Tamar📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I was looking through old photos and found this Accidental Renaissance Painting of the cats 233747617
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