A Place to Wonder
I’ve got a getaway in northern Pennsylvania. I found some land near Marienville, a good fifty acres that is somewhat level. A builder came in and did a nice job of completing what me and my architect asked of him. The place only has three bedrooms. One serves as my office where I do my writing. The other is there in case I choose to have visitors. That’s unlikely to happen. I would have had the damn thing built with one bedroom, but I had to consider resale values for the benefit of my kids. If they don’t want a spare place in the middle of a forest once I am dead and gone, they will have heavier pockets because of the extra room when they sell it. I’m always thinking ahead like that. Heck, I made sure the plans were drawn up with only one floor so that when I am old, I can visit the cabin I love very much for as long as I have my independence. That’s an important thing for me because I almost always travel there with the sole purpose of being alone. Once the place was finished, a...