On a summer day, sitting near the window of his study at his home in Oxford, England, J.R.R. Tolkien paused while grading papers to scribble the first sentence of his first novel: “In a hole in the ...

Think about what you like to do at home every fall or winter to get warm: crank up the thermostat, wrap yourself in a chunky blanket, and sip on hot cider in front of a blazing fireplace. In other ...