E.J. Pryor
@ejpryor.bsky.social
Librarian at Portland Jewish Library. Translator of literature for adults and children from Russian and Yiddish. Dilatory writer and dilettante baker. Portland. יונה
Also, my husband took me for a foggy walk in the woods this morning, which apparently I needed
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Also, my husband took me for a foggy walk in the woods this morning, which apparently I needed
It’s been a rough couple weeks but I got my @museum.of.emilyk.art frog framed and hung, so that’s making me happy today.
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It’s been a rough couple weeks but I got my @museum.of.emilyk.art frog framed and hung, so that’s making me happy today.
“…sometime in the 13th, late 14th or early 15th centuries”
First, Rabbanit Miriam seems like a remarkable person, and second, doesn’t this range of years for her birth seem remarkably vague? And why the jump from 13th to late 14th? Talk about a problematic age gap.
First, Rabbanit Miriam seems like a remarkable person, and second, doesn’t this range of years for her birth seem remarkably vague? And why the jump from 13th to late 14th? Talk about a problematic age gap.
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“…sometime in the 13th, late 14th or early 15th centuries”
First, Rabbanit Miriam seems like a remarkable person, and second, doesn’t this range of years for her birth seem remarkably vague? And why the jump from 13th to late 14th? Talk about a problematic age gap.
First, Rabbanit Miriam seems like a remarkable person, and second, doesn’t this range of years for her birth seem remarkably vague? And why the jump from 13th to late 14th? Talk about a problematic age gap.
Interesthing edithorial choices were made
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Interesthing edithorial choices were made
Hmm, that’s an interesting suggestion google translate but I’m pretty sure that’s not actually what I meant
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hmm, that’s an interesting suggestion google translate but I’m pretty sure that’s not actually what I meant
Is this a mitzvah d’oraisa or d’rabbanan?
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Is this a mitzvah d’oraisa or d’rabbanan?
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
How autumn makes me feel
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How autumn makes me feel
It’s Halloween, so here’s a photo of the only time I ever tried to put a costume on Dima. The photo is blurry because he was not exactly a model of equanimity about the whole situation.
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s Halloween, so here’s a photo of the only time I ever tried to put a costume on Dima. The photo is blurry because he was not exactly a model of equanimity about the whole situation.
Dima is very soft today
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Dima is very soft today
Good morning, Portland
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Good morning, Portland
Oh no it gets worse
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Oh no it gets worse
When you want an easy dessert but strawberry shortcake is too boring
October 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When you want an easy dessert but strawberry shortcake is too boring
Starting the week with a semiotic crisis at the library
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Starting the week with a semiotic crisis at the library
“Words can’t hurt me,” I mumble to myself over and over as I rock back and forth under the table.
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“Words can’t hurt me,” I mumble to myself over and over as I rock back and forth under the table.
Me, crossing Sandy on my way to work every day, wondering if today is the day I’ll be flattened by someone going 45 and looking at their phone
October 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Me, crossing Sandy on my way to work every day, wondering if today is the day I’ll be flattened by someone going 45 and looking at their phone
Today’s mood: this Ditto machine* copy of handwritten sheet music for Puff the Magic Dragon included with the materials for a family Hanukkah service in 1970.
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today’s mood: this Ditto machine* copy of handwritten sheet music for Puff the Magic Dragon included with the materials for a family Hanukkah service in 1970.
My mother has a small apple orchard and every year we are given gallons of apples and I’m never sure what to do with all of them.
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My mother has a small apple orchard and every year we are given gallons of apples and I’m never sure what to do with all of them.
I braved the war-ravaged streets today. Made it home without incident but there was a close call with a goose.
September 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I braved the war-ravaged streets today. Made it home without incident but there was a close call with a goose.
So now I’m getting ads for hotels in Vancouver (WA), and lol, no, that’s not what I ordered.
“MOM can we have Vancouver?!”
“We have Vancouver at home.”
The Vancouver at home:
“MOM can we have Vancouver?!”
“We have Vancouver at home.”
The Vancouver at home:
September 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So now I’m getting ads for hotels in Vancouver (WA), and lol, no, that’s not what I ordered.
“MOM can we have Vancouver?!”
“We have Vancouver at home.”
The Vancouver at home:
“MOM can we have Vancouver?!”
“We have Vancouver at home.”
The Vancouver at home:
I planned on just making a plain round loaf this year but then I got carried away. שנה טובה
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I planned on just making a plain round loaf this year but then I got carried away. שנה טובה
I genuinely love that the library is in a shared community space but it occasionally leads to weirdness like coming into work and finding your office entirely barricaded by a bat mitzvah photo backdrop
September 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I genuinely love that the library is in a shared community space but it occasionally leads to weirdness like coming into work and finding your office entirely barricaded by a bat mitzvah photo backdrop
Speaking of IBS, I recently found this photo tucked into a donation to the library: if I’m not mistaken, the person on the right is Isaac Bashevis Singer. I’m trying to identify the person on the left.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Speaking of IBS, I recently found this photo tucked into a donation to the library: if I’m not mistaken, the person on the right is Isaac Bashevis Singer. I’m trying to identify the person on the left.
Dima is a very sweet boy and his favorite game is fetch, but he has one habit that makes it hard to keep up: He insists on dropping his toy about three feet away from me, just out of reach, and then he yells at me for not immediately throwing it again
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Dima is a very sweet boy and his favorite game is fetch, but he has one habit that makes it hard to keep up: He insists on dropping his toy about three feet away from me, just out of reach, and then he yells at me for not immediately throwing it again
