I find fairy tales fascinating, so keep posting.

>I am one of your “goy” readers
Feel free to ask any questions as you read any post. I like to use the blog to talk about(among many other topics) nutrition and about Jewish topics and their intersection, and I am happy to explain any details at all. It not only helps you, but it helps me better communicate.

My reason for blogging is that I don’t have the time to pursue my unsuccessful journalistic career anymore. I have children to feed. I figure a blog is the best chance I have of writing what I want to write, and still having people read it.

Funny thing is, I still find myself thinking like a journalist and trying to figure out what to “publish” to attract readership, and I obsess over my blog stats. Doesn’t do much good, though. Intellectual blogs on esoteric subjects don’t get much attention in a world addicted to easy entertainment.

Thanks for mentioning me in your posting, and for plugging my fairy tale series. It took over two months to write that essay. That’s not your typical blog material, is it? I’m actually please with it, and happy that a few dozen people read it. It got more readers than the short stories stashed away in boxes in my study!

Indeed, I am one of your “goy” readers, so keep me in mind when you think something might take a little explaining for outsiders.

You had to bring up the Noah Feldman thing again. The gay student who wanted to bring his partner to a Yeshiva of Flatbush reunion, that was a new one to me. But I see big differences here. I don’t envy any Orthodox rabbi with a homosexual student asking for advice. And I am glad I was not born with that issue. Homosexuality is a difficult topic for Orthodox Jews. But Noah Feldman…if I say anything more, it will be Loshon Harah, and I would rather write a post about the halachot of Loshon Harah (maybe in a way that our non-Jewish friends can understand) and some of the issues that I have with Loshon Harah than discuss Noah Feldman, other than to say I think he made his choice. And now he needs to live with the consequences.

Welcome! Thanks for the comment. I feel like I get paid in comments…

I’ve enjoyed your perspective on your blog. Oh, my, I just looked at your latest post; what’s with the aluminum foil on the toilet? Pesach preparation gone freaky.

I will continue to check your blog in the future!

Now I will have to call my friend in Boston to find out about Juggling Frogs. Perhaps she will know…

(And Gail, thanks for some perspective about what I write about…it’s seems to me like whatever I don’t have the opportunity to talk about in verbal conversations instead comes to this blog…)

I started blogging, because people kept telling me that I had to put my “musings” on the internet. A friend told me about blogs, so I started Shiloh Musings. Me-ander came second.