My cottage – er, cabin – may be small, but it's my own little patch of wilderness in the Canadian North. Now I just need to get my stuff there, Debra Scoffield writes
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atAt a time when other people my age are divesting of possessions, I purchased my first cottage. To be honest, calling it a cottage is a bit of an overstatement: It’s basically a two-room cabin, and even that description makes it sound more charmingly rustic than it is.
Now I have my own little patch of wilderness in the Canadian North . Well, maybe not exactly wilderness, since it’s practically within walking distance of a town with three pharmacies, two grocery stores and a hospital. But it’s more or less on a lake and in an area which could be legitimately described as cottage country, so I can say to my friends, in that offhand way, “Oh, I’m just going up to my cottage for the weekend.
I’ve heard that bears, deer, beavers, mice, ticks, mosquitoes and black flies might become my new neighbours. Some of my friends are concerned about how I will cope with this. Well, I might be a city slicker, but I have had some experience getting rid of the odd house mouse and chasing raccoons and squirrels out of my back yard. Besides, there’s probably a quaint country hardware store in that little town close by, so I will be able to procure mouse traps or bear traps or whatever is required.
I’ve had to consider some logistics, though, such as what to put in the cabin. The previous owners thoughtfully removed every mismatched dish and scrap of falling-apart furniture they had accumulated over the years. That’s when I remembered all the stuff in my basement and ventured into the rarely visited dungeon with renewed interest. I wouldn’t want to call myself a hoarder, but let’s just say I never throw anything away. You never know when it might come in handy.
The collection of gently used furniture, small appliances, etc., from several basements is now sitting in my living room, waiting for closing day. I’m surveying it with satisfaction, but also beginning to wonder about the next logistics issue: How to get all this stuff up to the cabin. Certainly the big tractor-trailer moving van required to shift an entire houseful of furniture will not be required.
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