One has to look at this and recognize  many  lives passed here in this  remote , small, wooden dwelling,no windows and chinked between the log siding to keep out  cold and heat. A fortress and respite in the heart of the country.

    … In the fields and in the forests,
under the moon and under the sun
another summer has passed before us,
and not one man has,
not one woman has revealed
the secrets of this world.

   PJ Harvey   ‘In the Dark Places’