-Giddily anticipating a snow storm
-The gossip all day long about whether school will be cancelled the following day
-The familiar pink and white color-coded snowfall map

-"Heart of the Matter", Don Henley
-The way your mind is able to differentiate between "I read the newspaper every morning" and "I read the newspaper yesterday" before you even get to the time words!
-Milk "blooming" in your coffee

-Authors reading their work aloud
-Audiences laughing at all the funny parts, and going silent at the sad ones
-Reading about famous American authors of the 1970s
-A strange nostalgia for authors and characters you know well
-”A small good thing”
-Literature-inspired tattoos
-Commercials with multiracial couples
-Being able to actually hear snow falling
-Lemony hummus