Didn't know holly had a scent  .

Used to gather blackberries as a child. My Gran made blackberry and apple dumpling. Yummy.

I too have lovely memories picking blackberries with my kiddos. And blackberry wine is so delicious! In WA we picked wild berries June through Sept. Then the rains came and it'd be time for mushrooms. We just got new bees this evening for our hive! We'd all starve without bees.

It's 2024.  People are still using Google?  2004 is calling and wants its search engine back.

I want the old Altavista back.  Best search engine ever.

Where there's an open storefront, there will always be grifts running.

My sister almost got caught in this, because, bless her heart, she wants to get rich quick. That's mainly who they're targeting, not people willing to do the hard work.

Whether the course is worth the money or they live up to their promises entirely is one discussion ... but they're mainly just saying "create a publishing company" and trying to automate/outsource as much of that work as possible. If people want to do that, go for it, but I expect most will simply lose more money, and it's by no means a "passive" income, even if it works.

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It is commonly said that the subconscious mind takes everything literally.
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I also heard that. If you watch a movie where a character has cancer or other life-threatening disease your subconscious will believe it to be true and your body will respond accordingly. I'm now circumspect about what I watch and read. 

I can't write about a character being cruel to animals, or other things that might upset me.

I have fallen for the MC in one of my books, and visualised who would play him if it was a movie. 

Interesting article.
https://www.vox.com/culture/24128560/amazon-trash-ebooks-mikkelsen-twins-ai-publishing-academy-scam