What Strange Beds Teach a Traveler

These strange beds are too small, too firm, too tall, or too big. I can’t remember the last time I slept in a bed I found flawless. But I long for it. You know that feeling of sinking into your bed at the end of a long, tedious day. It’s as if you can fluff your pillow, pull the covers up, and disappear on a cloud. It’s been almost two years since I’ve had that feeling. I’ve been on a road trip, hopping from state to state and staying in short-term rentals. I’ve slept in 25 different beds, but none were my own. As Goldilocks knew when she went for a walk in the forest, a bed is a very personal, important thing. Lately, I’ve thought of her as I laid on beds too hard, too soft and, well, I haven’t found one just right. My perfect bed is locked in a storage unit somewhere in Chicago. I’ve learned a lot about humans by the way we make our beds. Each of us has a history of good and bad beds that form our preferences for how we sleep at night. Our beds are our private island. They’re the safe […]

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