Read the Mary Stewart books — in order. Start with The Crystal Cave. You'll love them!

Wow — I "liked" your comment, but I have to do more. I have to tell you that you are amazing. Can you please clone yourself? Why can't more men think the way you do?

I will check all of these out - THANK YOU! I love to read. Have you read the Mary Stewart Merlin books — The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, and The Wicked Day? I love them.

Did you ever eat at the Pink Tea Cup in NYC? Yummy! It's closed now, though.

You are right. I love Arthuriana — 'twas Mary Stewart, though, who really got me to fall in love. I will definitely check out Garth Nix — THANK YOU for the recommendation! If you love him as much as lemonade, well, that is all I need to hear!

It is odd that she got hung up on it being literally true. Still, I understand it. I've seen it. It's weird...being a Jew. A lot of people try to hide it — they "pass" for gentile and take pride in being able to do so — it's offensive. So, on the other side of the coin are people who are very proud of their…

It all depends on who is doing the defining. According to the Nazis — you're a Jew. According to the Orthodox, you're not. According to a Reform Jew, you are if you want to be. According to most people, actually, you're a Jew — it's that "one drop" thing. According to me — welcome to the tribe, bubeleh. You're a…

I am glad you see it as a compliment — it is surely meant as such. I love it that you feel that you are being taken into the fold! So...a gastronomical Jew. Why not? Welcome to the tribe!

I notice your nym is lemonade lover — another food (well, drink) I love! You have good taste.

What is wrong with that teacher? Let me say I am so, SO sorry that happened to you. I never make kids who were clearly nervous about public speaking talk in front of the class, especially about themselves. Ugh. That should not have happened to you. Actually, I have a thank you note I framed from a former student…

No offense — but I am focusing on my brother's intentions because he is my brother, not because he is a white man.

Are you just trying to make me feel better? Be honest — are you? Because I have wondered if perhaps I had been too controlling a sister or something and that is why my brother won't date white girls. Maybe that's not self-hate — or maybe it is. Maybe it's hate of the white females in his family — but my brother…

It's actually a compliment. It means she thinks you have a Jewish soul. A lot of us Jews were raised to feel like outsiders. We were raised to feel that the world hated us and didn't understand us. And then, sometimes we come across someone SO cool — so all the things we think of as Jewish (left wing, involved in…

It says that you must host a brunch at your house and invite me very soon.

My brother doesn't really like to date white girls. He prefers Asians, Latinas, black — just not white. Is it the same thing? Is it my fault? Did I do something? I have wondered this — I have also wondered if it's just his type and that's all. He and I are very close and have been all our lives.

This Jew has been told she was black many times. Usually, it comes from one of my students — "oh, miss! You're not like white people! You're just like us!" They are just teenagers and they mean well so I just smile and say thank you. Still, it does happen a lot. Also, I have been straight-out asked if I was…

I can't. Sorry. I can give you one anecdote — my mother did not breast feed her children. We all have terrible allergies and food sensitivities. My sibling almost died of kidney disease when was a little kid. I have Crohn's disease, awful, horrible Crohn's disease. I think we would have been better off if we…

Oh, sweetheart. You just relax. Herpes is nothing. Nothing. You are not done. Your life is not over. I have had herpes since my 2nd serious boyfriend gave it to me (gee, thanks). I too thought my life was over and I had only been with two guys. Well, flash-forward a quarter of a century and let me tell you what…

Your gut tells you? As my thesis adviser would have said, "That's not good enough! You have to prove it. Use the text!" What did she say that makes you believe she isn't thinking of POC? Really? Where do you get that from, given what she said? And should she be thinking of POC, specifically, or of women in…

It is true that women don't have the leeway men do — but men don't have carte blanche. Not at all — and they still can't control themselves. I think the truth is just that grown women are not interested in sending...what would be the female equivalent of dick pics? See! It doesn't even have a name (that I know…