F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote “the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” This wonderful place hasn’t made me a first-rate intelligence, but the paradox Fitzgerald talks about is real. I simultaneously want to tell everyone about the amazing 1843 cottage, and to keep it a secret. The owners (I corresponded with Ronan) have done an amazing job restoring the cottage and updating it. Put simply: stay here.