Her base is Duncton Mill in Sussex, an 18th-century farmhouse with cottages and converted outbuildings set around a tranquil stream-fed trout pond.
Counting sheep, the scientists suggested, may simply be too boring to do for very long, while images of a soothing shoreline or tranquil stream are engrossing enough to concentrate on.
Hydroplaning to the games on pristine, unblemished autobahn in the backdrop of sweeping majestic hillsides, making stops in quaint, cobbled villages for mouthwatering bratwurst and sumptuous Rieslings on our way back after another exhilarating win, or taking a stroll along some tranquil, sun dappled stream in the afternoons when we weren't at a game.
But soon after the madness of March, the more tranquil local baseball fans stream into the Durham Bulls Athletic Park (409 Blackwell Street, Durham 919-687-6500 919-687-6500 919-687-6500
While you could easily pass a day lounging on its pebbly shoreline and exploring its six caverns, the beach's most striking aspect is behind the shore, where flowering oleander bushes shelter a stream forming a tranquil escape from the throngs of sun worshippers.
It is a bright painting of mature trees and thick underbrush along the banks of a stream, a study in the tranquil but rugged beauty of the Northeast coastal landscape.
A gathering of homely and alien streams a tumble of turbulent and tranquil dreams.
Its revelation of the hectic and paranoid streams of American life in such tranquil precincts is not the least of its merits (as well as one that suggests its links to classic film-noir stylings).
It's still just another stream, even if it is a more tranquil and manageable one.
"It's tranquil, yet technology enables me to have a rich stream of information".
MAVERICK CONCERTS This summer series' tranquil music chapel (with world-class acoustics) hosts a stream of vibrant performances each summer.
