Goooooood morning, afternoon, or evening, wherever you happen to be! And greetings from Zermatt, where I’m on a very tiny writing retreat. I arrived last night and will leave tomorrow afternoon, but in between I have big plans to get some writing and research done.
And as part of that, I thought I’d launch a new weekly Page by Page post I’ll call ‘Chapter 1’. This will just be a small post with a few items I hope will help you get each week off to a good start.
Get outside
Even when I’m not in Zermatt, I try to get outside and walk around at least once during the day. And if this 2014 study is anything to go by, this is something that can help boost your creativity, too!
A taste of the Alps
A classic breakfast treat here is tresse du dimanche, also called tresse au beurre (or, in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, Zopf). It’s really easy to make (seriously: I’ve made it on retreats with colleagues and students, and once while staying in what I’m fairly certain was a haunted chalet). You’ll find a French recipe here, and a recipe in English here.
A good laugh
If, like me, you’re mourning what seems to be the imminent collapse of Twitter, you may enjoy this McSweeney’s piece by Elizabeth Preston on ways to share your jokes once we’ve all been banished from the Twitterverse.
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Here’s wishing all of you a wonderful week!
VB,
M
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