And what is old is past. And what’s past is not new. And what’s not new is “so five minutes ago” and when we say that we mean it as an insult. And this cottage is so much more than five minutes ago; something closer to 29,000 days ago. But, then, here it is, still here. Still doing its duty keeping weather out and warmth in. What’s more, its telling stories, and it can tell stories because it has lived them. And it has lived them because its old. And this makes old really good.

Cottage is old. This is cottage.