Among last time's guff about metaphors and their relationship to reality, I confidently stated that the phrase 'toeing the line' came from lining up on the running track to start a sprint. Seems yet again I was wrong! Hard to believe, I know. Actually, it comes from our language's deep and rich roots in Britain …
Just a quick report-back on the idea I floated in that post about building fires. Today was our opportunity to bring the principle of curves to the structure of the daily firelighting ritual. Triangles and rectangles, we said, were all very well, but the addition of curvilinear logs might add some variety. I said curves …
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