What Is Here and What Is Not

Every cabin has: a bed made with linen we wash ourselves, towels that are old but clean, a small fridge, a kettle, basic pots and pans, and a coffee grinder with beans we grind ourselves from a roaster two hours up the coast. The Porch has a full kitchen; the other three have hot plates and enough to get by. Every cabin has hot water, a wood stove or fireplace, and enough wool blankets for a cold night.

What is not here: television, wifi in the cabins, phone service that is reliable, a concierge, a gym, a pool, a gift shop, room service, a minibar, or a schedule of activities. There is wifi in the main house if you truly need it, and cell service sometimes works at the end of the dock. We do not apologize for any of this. You came here to be somewhere, and staring at a screen in a cabin on the coast is not being somewhere.

What to bring: a rain jacket, regardless of the forecast. Something warm for the evenings, even in August. A book you have been meaning to read. Something to write in, if you are the kind of person who writes in things. Whatever medication you take, because the nearest pharmacy is sixty miles. And flip-flops, obviously.