Peregrina: Welcome, and I hope you stay to enjoy and learn.

Please do bear in mind that a broad variety of people inhabit this site, and while many or I think most are very helpful and kind, as in any crowd there are some (members and visitors) who are more likely to come across as dismissive or discourteous. Please try not to take them personally. There is a relatively new policy for avoiding anonymous postings and it is hoped that will help, but there are some who sound cantankerous in print, and some outright trolling does go on. I try to think of it as the sort of heckling or static one might encounter in any large group, and of course the top of a thread lists posters so if there is someone who seems to you consistently off-putting, your best bet is to skip them, not to argue with the individual.