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The Itinerant Mirror: February 2013
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Tuesday, 12 February 2013. The Skies Have Spoken. Again. Much of the media, even "serious" mainstream media, seem to be abuzz with a report - and a picture - of a bolt of lightning that allegedly hit the dome of St Peter's basilica in Rome yesterday - on the very day of Pope Benedict XVI's announcement of his forthcoming resignation on February 28th of this year. When the newly announced Pope Benedict XVI was led onto the balcony overlooking ...
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The Itinerant Mirror: April 2012
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Sunday, 22 April 2012. Underrated websites, III. Long and wide may it grow! Sunday, 15 April 2012. RMS Titanic : 100 Years of Legend. Some of our readers loved The Teeth of Time. Furthermore, this little post has been timed to appear at exactly 23:40 - or 02:40 UTC - when the ship hit that infamous iceberg and started its voyage into the land of legend. On this day in 1912 the Titanic. Apparently a "gigantic organism". 1953) instead. It i...
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The Itinerant Mirror: June 2012
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Monday, 25 June 2012. Fairy horses - have YOU seen them? There is a lovely old folk tradition in lovely old Central Europe that if a fern seed inadvertently falls into your shoe on Midsummer night - that would be about now. You will be able to understand the language of animals. But that's nothing compared with the claim by Herbie Brennan - an author who has been mentioned a lot on our sister blog. Read all about it here:. Sunday, 24 June 2012.
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The Itinerant Mirror: August 2012
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Wednesday, 22 August 2012. Half as old as Time 200 years. On this day, exactly 200 years ago, on August 22, 1812, the first Westerner (that we know of) set eyes on Petra, "the rose-red city, half as old as time"*. It was Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, a Swiss-born explorer that died only five years later, aged 32, a victim of dysenteria. Here is an excerpt of his travel diary pertaining to what we now know for certain was Petra. Here is a man who ...
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The Itinerant Mirror: The Best of the Best
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. The Best of the Best. Our and the readers' favourites (in chronological order). I am a ficus, hear me roar. Hugged by a tree. How long are YOU going to tolerate rudeness? Google, the dumbed-down machine. Not for Dan Brown's fans). Goolture, or the Twilight of Culture. The Unbearable Lightness of Believing. The Emperor's New Clothes are the Latest Fashion. Looking for love online? The Little Green Stick. Am I a Quiz? When You Wish Upon the Moon.
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The Itinerant Mirror: April 2013
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Monday, 29 April 2013. There are few things quite as alluring as a candle-lit dinner. especially if you happen to be out of gas and/or electricity, so you used the candles to actually cook said dinner. YouTube is full of videos about "cooking with candles". I have only seen one or two, but while the ingenuity of those men is by all means commendable, I had to wonder:. B) why don't they use a simple kitchen stove grate to cover the candles?
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The Itinerant Mirror: December 2013
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Tuesday, 24 December 2013. You may have read this ancient letter. According to most sources, it would be exactly 500 years old today - written on Christmas, 1513. According to possibly the most authoritative source. Its age - or indeed its author - have been impossible to prove. Even so - and even if you have read it - perhaps it is time to reread and reread it. The time is always right for words that carry the beauty and solace of truth.
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The Itinerant Mirror: December 2012
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Mirroring the world, a glance at a time. The Best of the Best. Thursday, 27 December 2012. In case you have missed it, here is a very good column by Maureen Dowd, of the New York Times. Conveying the message of a friend of hers, a priest. It struck a chord with me, not because of its tone and intelligent compassion, but because of these words (all the highlights are mine, not the author's):. When my younger brother, Brian, died suddenly at 44 years old, I was asking “Why? Of such love in my life at the t...
