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As I announced on my Facebook page for the blog and on my own page, I’ve had to cancel my attendance at the HSCG conference in Atlanta in May due to my ongoing health problems related to these horrible muscle spasms. I’m so sorry about this. I’m devastated I can’t attend as I have put...
We’re trying to get some essential things over from Patreon to this blog, so yesterday Raymond worked incredibly hard to get a whack of posts that relate to duplicating products here in anticipation of a duplicated product I have planned for a few days starting tomorrow. Thank you, Raymond, you awesome husband! You may also...
Wow, how is it March already? I completely forgot February was a short month, so I was surprised when I saw it was the first today. (In my defence, I am full of various pain killers and muscle relaxants, and I’ve only just realized the calendar in our bedroom still says January.) As a note,...
If you’re looking for the things that used to be on the side of the old blog, we’re in the process of moving them into the “resources section” you see in the menu above. Right now we have the FAQ as the main page, the newbie section’s now called “start here“, and the ingredients list...
Sorry for the delay in posting this. I thought I had written it up earlier in the week, but it turns out I didn’t save it or maybe I just dreamt I wrote it?You might see things in this post I’ve written elsewhere, so I beg your patience as I try to figure out where...