As a mitten enthusiast and collector of Medieval Mitten Miracles (another post in the series coming soon), you can imagine my delight that the meme of the American presidential inauguration featured mittens.
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| Picture: Image credits: Brendan Smialowski. Source. |
And what mittens they are!
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| Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Pool via Reuters. Source. |
If the mittens mentioned in Jonas of Bobbio's Life of Columbanus were anything like these, you can see why that bird had to make off with them. Warm, comfortable, just the thing for winter.
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| "Bald Eagles in flight at Kirwin NWR" by USFWS Mountain Prairie is licensed under CC BY 2.0 |
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