– homemade potato soup with vegetable broth, smoked gouda, garlic bread, and crackers. Grilled cheese with mustard and Sweet Baby Ray’s.

– blankets on the couch

– beer & wine

– flannels and blue jeans

– pumpkins

– grading stacks and stacks of papers. data collection for the gradebook.

– reading poetry at night

– watching old episodes of Gilmore Girls and tuning in to watch NFL games on TV (for free, with our antenna)

– watching Bob Dylan play the harmonica, live in concert