As Your Scribe ponders how to make the cabin more comfortable, I've got to say that a new bed would help.

Here is the current "master" bed. It is a bunk bed but you can't use the top berth because the wood is too weak.

My father brought home this aging beauty from World War II, indicating he didn't spend much time doing Marine rolls on the battlefield to pick up medals or fancy daggers as keepsakes from his days in the service. Actually, he didn't serve near a war theater at all though he must have been fairly close to the quartermaster's warehouse.

Sleeping on this unit can be painful. The lower bunk here has two thin mattresses picked up at a sale of Martha Stewart chaise lounge covers. The springs, after more than six decades, sag under the weight of a mid-sized chigger.

This said, I am looking for a rollout bed. I notice that LL Bean has lounge-beds on sale for $489 but the roll-out is on the floor, not on wheels a couple feet above the floor. I already have a rollout chair from Bean that hugs the pine. I'd like the double bed to "tower" over the floor so guests don't have to slap at ants all night.

The other problem with buying at Bean is that delivery would be difficult. In the winter, the truck couldn't reach the cabin. In the summer, I am rarely there during the week. And I can't fit a full bed into my vehicle (a Honda CRV, what I refer to as "The Thinking Man's SUV.")

Another item I should get for the cabin is a generator. A small model costs about $1,500.

Both items are fairly pricey by my standards. We'll see which comes first.

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