That's always been my policy, and it seems to work for me. If only it didn't rain so much here in Wales...

I don't know, Debbie. A walk in the rain seems pretty 'writerly' to me. Then again, I don't live where it rains a lot. I guess it's the idea of an occasional writerly walk in the rain that appeals to me.

I think there's something to do with embodied cognition going on there: changing the heart rate, taking in more air, moving the muscles, putting the body in different postures--shaking all of that up seems to shake up the brain, too.