On calm and sultry evenings as we busied ourselves around the camp, mosquitoes came at us as if shot from a fire hose.
These "Steps for More, and Better, Sleep" including timing both large meals and vigorous activity for at least 2 to 3 hours before bedtime and encouraging calmer, stress-free evenings, do apply to children, as does the suggestion that we avoid television and computer time right before bed.
I DON'T really dream anymore, but when I do, I dream of slow life, barefoot rug rats, sun streaks through windows, unspoken connections, evenings of calm bleeding into mornings of hope, the doors closed to the rest of the world.
You likely know what you should do to avoid this -- power down the electronics, limit caffeine, keep evenings as calm as you can.
Evenings I like very calm.
I've been basking in the long evenings, especially enjoying the calm of twilight but I mistimed it, set out on my rounds too late and got completely caught out, plunging headlong into darkness with, it has to be said, a certain amount of glee.
At fifty, he was healthy, convivial, and calm, and he was pleased to pass the evenings drinking whiskey with friends, always sensibly and for the sake of conversation.
Whether it's daily mediation, quiet time outside breathing fresh air, a walk with your dog that you never skip, or a hot bath in the evenings, have a ritual that helps you calm down when you're feeling stressed.
Since that time, there have many evenings this list of 20 prepositions has calmed my nerves, cleared my head and allowed me to have a good night's sleep.
Across Ocean Avenue, the beach is wide, calm, clean and not nearly as crowded as we expected even at noon; in the early morning and late evenings it empties out save a few fishermen, gulls and flocks of manic sanderlings playing chicken in the surf.
