Andy Herald of How To Be A Dad takes these musings a step further, imagining what the first "all-parent, all-kid plane" (complete with a "secluded time-out section") would be like.
"I began to feel uneasy with the secretiveness, the secluded time with albums and the fact I could not easily display what I owned".
Our two hours in the aircraft each way provided the additional benefit of discreet and secluded time with my colleagues to catch up on issues of the day.
Yet for me what best captures the secluded, time-locked quality of this short stretch is not its homage to the past but a recessed side-door bearing the imperceptible inscription "Joseph S. Tanen" at the entryway to what so many could mistake for a ground-level apartment, or a dentist's office or a superintendent's den.
Maybe they're searching for quiet time in a secluded space, but really, just semi-searching: The one thing they can't choose is to be detached from their obligations.
Justice Scalia had arrived at the 30,000-acre ranch on Friday to participate in one of the weekend gatherings that Mr. Poindexter, who has owned the Cibolo Creek property since 1990 and restored its three historic forts into a secluded retreat, hosts a few times each year.
This time there was a secluded pre-tournament camp in southern Brazil, which was a blessing for the former world player of the year, who has turned down request after request for interviews in the last few months.
He has spent the past several days at his home in a secluded, wooded suburb of Wilmington, spending time with family but also meeting with aides to assess what it would take to launch a viable presidential campaign against well-funded Democratic opponents with a huge head start.
During that allotted time, find yourself a secluded place where you won't be distracted (your bedroom, a coffee shop, the local library, etc).
There's a critical scene in "Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy" in which Mr. Melvin looks for a secluded place where he can build his time machine.
One of the most popular beaches on all the 115 islands of Seychelles, the Anse Source d'Argent's white (sometimes pink) sand beach is offset by towering granite boulders, worn over time - making it a secluded paradise.
