He told me to go pull the blinds shut, and I did.
Ms. Glaser said she pulled her blinds shut, locked her doors and activated the house alarm system.
Brian Devlin, whose family lives next door, described Mr. Balestro as reclusive, saying he often kept his window blinds shut.
They floated into the afternoon in their little stucco submarine, the blinds shut against the sunlight and the swamp cooler whistling on the roof.
By Caitlin Horrocks They floated into the afternoon in their little stucco submarine, the blinds shut against the sunlight and the swamp cooler whistling on the roof.
In fact, Londoners, being a resourceful bunch, seem to have treated the Games in much the same manner as West Londoners have treated the Notting Hill Carnival for decades – by going on holiday or staying indoors with the blinds shut.
When Dr. Ahmed entered the room it was dimly lit with the blinds shut tight against the bright morning sun, and the patient was buried beneath a mountain of blankets.
When the weekend finally came, I looked forward to the sweet reprieve of solitude and planned to stay inside with the blinds shut against the oppressive joy of late April.
Sparely furnished, with an open door barely visible in the dim background, it has a chair and a tall cactus plant off to one side, against window blinds shut against the shifting light of late afternoon passing to early evening.
Or you could ask Alexa for some "me time," and have the lights dimmed, the blinds shut, and then a third-party meditation skill launched.
