Somehow cooking Potato soup by the light of a kerosene lamp just seems right:
I had to go outside for a moment, and coming back in I beheld a cozy sight in the kitchen:
This picture is a little blurry, because it was taken through a finger-smudged window. Mary Margaret has taken to "running a household", as she has been listening to the "Felicity" American Girl's story at night. See her with the mop? Tommy was behind the lantern, busily chopping potatoes: