A few metres can be worth a couple of degrees and three weeks. Here are fourteen.
1. A Wall Facing the Sun Is a Storage Heater
Masonry absorbs heat through…
Somebody laid it, and then everybody dug it up. Here are ten.
1. Large Rectangular Slabs Mean Somebody Was Spending
Big sawn stone flags were expensive and were laid where…
One fire, one anvil, and everything metal for a mile. Here are twelve.
1. The Fire Was Not Hot Because It Was Big
A forge fire is small and concentrated,…
The Metaphor Is the Wrong Way Round
Almost everybody carries the same mental picture of what a kidney does. Blood arrives dirty, passes through something like a coffee filter, and…
The Reflex That Will Not Take Instructions
A sneeze is one of a very small number of things the body does that a person can feel approaching, can do absolutely…
It Is the Remains of a Pipe, Not a Wound
The usual assumption is that a belly button is where a cord was cut and the resulting cut healed over.…