Welcome Home
At this time of year, I head indoors, seeking a snug sense of home. I find it in that first fire in the fireplace and in the old quilts I pull out of storage and pile on the beds. We all find cozy contentment in different places. Whitney Miller, who writes on page 18 about her family’s Thanksgiving dinner in a barn, finds happiness at the long tables around which her relatives gather. Shaye Elliott finds it in a basement root cellar, where she’s laid in all the produce she’ll need to feed her family through the winter. Shaye offers tips on how to set up a cold storage room on page 24. For Katherine Bates Jones, home sits on her dining room table—where there’s a dollhouse-size version of the…
