{"id":171950,"date":"2021-09-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=171950"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:20:40","slug":"the-firwood-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-firwood-reflection","title":{"rendered":"The Firwood Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/a5cc1656-d617-47c0-85ee-746329bd6383?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you see your reflection in the window? Like a ghost standing just outside in the night, looking back at you. It\u2019s a trick the light plays, when you\u2019re inside looking out on a night as dark as this one. One of many tricks light can play \u2014 some stranger than others. 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