While raising swallowtail caterpillars at home, Jo noticed that the butterflies emerging from their cocoons seemed to act familiar with him or returned to him after being released.He reached out to experts, including Georgetown University entomologist Martha Weiss, to see if memories could survive the process of metamorphosis.Nagai didn’t originally “discover” the general phenomenon , similar memory retention had been demonstrated in moths in 2008, but his work extended the question to butterflies, and he later began investigating the even more remarkable possibility that learned responses could persist into subsequent generations.

I saw this at HEMA, a Dutch department store, today and thought it was such a sweet idea.

The sign says “In je eendje?”. It’s a little Dutch wordplay: *eendje* means “little duck”, while *in je eentje* means “by yourself”.
The idea is that if you’re sitting alone and would like some company, you put one of these little ducks on your table. If you see someone with a duck, you can sit with them and have a chat.

Such a small idea, but I really love it.

I had to take my kiddo to the hospital yesterday and parked like an idiot, accidentally sideswiping another car.

I left a note with my information and this is the response I received. 🥲😭

One of my new lambs. One day old

I planned a trip with my family to fly to SE Asia from the East coast of Canada. I was going to meet my in-laws.

I didn’t want to be on a plane craving nicotine while trying to manage a toddler while we’re flying and in out of airports for two days. I also didn’t want to vape around her family while I’m meeting them for the first time.

A few months ahead of that trip we needed to drive to central Canada to straighten something out at the consulate. I left my vape at home on purpose to break the habit.

Nicotine patch comes in 3 doses, heavy, medium, small. They recommend using the patch for 11 weeks. I did one week of each dose, total of three weeks. I also used the gum when I had strong cravings. 3-4 piece a day.

When the patch ran out I gave the gum and my pouches away, I also gave all my vape stuff away to a coworker.

2 weeks of irritability followed. I was sipping cold water when I had cravings. That seemed to work. It wasn’t easy but I’m not going to say it was the worst one I’ve quit. I committed to quitting and stuck to my commitment.

The biggest change for me is that, and you can maybe see from my other clocks, I used different substances as a form of escapism. Whenever I felt unpleasant or had to do something I didn’t want to do I’d retreat into my drug of choice to avoid dealing with it.

Quitting vaping allowed me to be present, it had been stealing my presence, and I found myself with limitless amounts of patience because for the first time, I could rise to the occasion and meet it head on, instead of immediately panicking and hitting the vape.

Anxiety diminished greatly as well.

Thank you for all of your encouragement!

& I do too! Two of my favorite boys napping after celebrating a fantastic Monza race!

"I don't want cats" he said, and then he got me one for my birthday 6 years ago. We celebrate our 9th anniversary this Friday and little Bean will be 7 in October 😊

My heart is very full right now x

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