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Celia, thank you so much for writing again, you verbalise exactly how and what I feel. I am Infiltrated by Silence, Shock and Disbelief and can't talk anymore. I am starting to feel this sense of futility which is a typical side effect of trauma. Remaining bonded to soul friends, to nature and to joy despite the Monster is the new Resistance. And showing one's face when meeting new people. That's what I did when I met the veterinary yesterday: I pulled down my mask for a minute and told her "so that you know my face" After a split second of surprise, she imitated me and did the same. And later, when I left she did it again when she was saying goodbye. It warmed my heart.

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Rachel, is that you?!

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yes, yes

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this is so cosmic! just yesterday i set out to find your writing again. what a pleasure for a battered and tattered confederacy! i have always noticed, in your writing, a genuinely agenda-less innocence. as if you just want just the facts, and why doesnt everybody else want them too? some of us do; maybe more than we both think. welcome back to the 0s and 1s celia. :-)

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hi Celia .. thanks for sharing this. We're FB friends, so I saw where you mentioned a problem with your domain .. feel free to call on me if your existing team aren't resolving the issue.

Writing on substack or anything similar seems like a good idea, and I'd always also prefer to put my stuff on my own site. Just getting this one off the ground www.holistiq.us

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From independence, liberty and freedom to pets. That is what's happening. And the dogs are running in packs.

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Those of us who are painfully aware of the unbelievable deceit of covid, and the acquiescence of far, far too many people to believe the deceit of covid...we must persevere, and know that we must get outside, sing, greet others, BE NORMAL, and never stop. Our sanity depends on it. And there are many of us who know this, too. Keep on keeping on, Celia. I just discovered your writing, and I am so happy to have read this post. Cheers from the pits of dystopian San Francisco!

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Good health can be the greatest joy in life,

It can be simple, if you think about it. It can even be cheap.

Safety is an illusion. Predators are everywhere. You cannot avoid them completely, but you can stay healthy, if you think about it.

If you look at and listen to people who are chronically ill, all they want is to get healthy first. Mental health depends on physical health first.

If you are not healthy, why waste your time looking for magic supplements or knocking yourself out running around the park?

Why not change your eating habits first?

There are thousands of ideas and guides about how to do this, but the ironic thing about your article is that one of the most useful ideas, at least for me, among many others, which can even be cheap to apply, is hidden in plain sight in your article. At the bottom of the illustration, there is a reference to a "meal plan according to blood type" (ABO). This idea, blood type eating, works for many, many people, and it was developed by a doctor in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dr. Peter D'Adamo.

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