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so i'd gone back to September of last year here….to remember something.   I don't often do that…go back.   and that led to going over and back with Ms. Uncertainty Principles.blogspot.  Michelle.   it was the September 18th 2020 post there.  She said:

"How does a caterpillar rearrange itself into a butterfly?   What happens inside the chrysalis or cocoon?  First,  the caterpillar digests itself,  releasing enzymes to dissolve all of its tissues.  If you were to cut open a cocoon or chrysalis at just the right time,  caterpillar soup would ooze out.  But the contents of the pupa are not entirely an  amorphous mess.  Certain highly organized groups of cells known as imaginal discs survive the digestive process.  Before hatching when a caterpillar is still developing inside it egg it grows an imaginal disc for each of the adult body parts it will need as a mature butterfly or moth….discs for its eyes,  for its wings,  its legs and so on.   In some species,  these imaginal discs remain dormant throughout the caterpillar's life;  in other species,  the discs begin to take the shape of adult body parts even before the caterpillar forms a chrysalis or cocoon.  Some caterpillars walk around with tiny rudimentary wings tucked inside their bodies,  though you would never know it by looking at them"

How did i not read this post then?!!!   but looking back both places….we were Evacuated.  I was staying at Alyssia's in town…3 weeks…pretty much not conducive to orderly anything.    But this post of hers is  so much,  totally,   Michelle.  She was answering this for some one else,  but it is the question i once again have  in the last days…and i would have wondered aloud here and she would have answered with the above.   Which,  she kind of did.    and a while later,  i am looking for a blank envelope and come across the card/drawing above.    Synchronicity?  Maybe.   Maybe Michelle.  

Hello, Michelle…i love you.

 

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18 responses to “Michelle of NYC and my heart”

  1. jude Avatar

    she was very much like the man next to me here. appreciated the technology for what it could provide. just ask a question and poof, the research comes backatcha till you can hold no more.
    we had many late night adventures in finding.

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  3. Liz A Avatar

    I remember reading Michelle’s post … I had never before contemplated how caterpillars metamorphose (is that a word?) … it was and still is utterly fascinating … how we might remake ourselves and what is already within us to do just that

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  4. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Her mind and her heart were so large that she simply overflowed with wanting to share info, and her love of what mattered to her… it has been almost a year and there are moments when I still say to myself, well I will go to Ms Uncertainty Principles and see what she has to say about this…

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  5. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    I miss her blogging filled with info and just her daily life. I have bookmarked her blog in my google search and think of her as a huge influence.

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  6. Faith Avatar

    I feel sad that I didn’t know Michelle. I had only just discovered her blog when she wrote her last post.
    So today I found her blog again and, hopefully, I’ll get back and read more than the couple posts I read today. Yesterday I looked up imaginal discs and read quite a bit here and there about them, but her explanation as quoted above is the clearest.

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  7. Greta Wells Avatar
    Greta Wells

    Michelle❤️

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  8. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    How wonderful for Michelle to be remembered with such love .. living forever in the hearts of so many.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    and still, yes? still the late night findings?

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    so much. Holding her. x 3

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    it opens up so so much, your question

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    i think because she is still there

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    if we go back, we see that it all continues, all that she recorded for us, all her Stories…are
    continuing

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  14. grace Forrest Avatar

    her blog…it’s alive. it’s Michelle. i think that was her intention

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    Hello, Greta…..yes. Michelle. Heart. Love.
    Thank You for coming here for this

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  16. Judy Martin Avatar

    Yes, thank you for reminding us of Michelle. She was a treasure and I miss her.
    thank you also for this text about caterpillars and moths/butterflies and how that all happens. I find it very inspiring for my inner world thinking. xoxo

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  17. Nancy Avatar

    Ah, Michelle (((sigh)))
    I love how we say “Michelle of (or ‘in’) NYC”…how we remember her and think of her and love her, still. How she remains in our hearts and minds. I can think of no better legacy. Thank you for this post and a place to gather and share.

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