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Seasoned with Salt Day 233 – 21 August Travelling Slim “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” (Proverbs 21:23, KJV) The Caver’s Rule for Narrow Places Beneath the Yorkshire Dales and the Mendip Hills runs a hidden Britain of caves, and the people who explore them have a vocabulary all

Seasoned with Salt Day 232 – 20 August The Morsel and the Hook “The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.” (Proverbs 18:8, ESV) The Art of the Irresistible Morsel Ask an angler about his craft and he will talk less about rods than

Seasoned with Salt Day 231 – 19 August The Gatehouse “Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.” (Proverbs 13:3, NIV) Why the Gatehouse Is the Strongest Wall Walk up to any great medieval castle and you will notice a curiosity of engineering: the mightiest architecture

Seasoned with Salt Day 230 – 18 August The Word Budget “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.” (Proverbs 10:19, NKJV) The Solicitor’s First Instruction Every viewer of British crime drama knows the caution by heart: you do not have to say anything, but anything

Seasoned with Salt Day 229 – 17 August Seven Seconds Behind Live “This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.” (James 1:19, NASB) The Dump Button Live radio has a secret, and the secret is that it is rarely quite live. Since the

Seasoned with Salt Day 228 – 16 August Honey That Never Spoils “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” (Proverbs 16:24, KJV) The Jar That Outlived the Pharaohs Archaeologists opening Egyptian tombs have famously lifted out pots of honey some three thousand years old and found the

Seasoned with Salt Day 227 – 15 August The Night Watch “Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!” (Psalm 141:3, ESV) The Gate Locked at 9:53 Every night for roughly seven hundred years, at exactly 9:53pm, a small procession has crossed the cobbles of the Tower

Seasoned with Salt Day 226 – 14 August The Written Rest “a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,” (Ecclesiastes 3:7, NIV) Silence, Scored in Ink Open any orchestral score and you will find silence written down. Composers notate the absence of sound with

Seasoned with Salt Day 225 – 13 August The Gentle Way “A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.” (Proverbs 15:1, NKJV) A Fighting Art Named for Softness In 1882 a Japanese educator named Kanō Jigorō founded a school of combat that would spread to every country on earth, and

Seasoned with Salt Day 224 – 12 August A Word on Wheels “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” (Proverbs 25:11, KJV) The Half-Second That Decides Everything Ask any comedian to name the most important ingredient in a joke and you will hear a strange answer: the part where