Some of my earliest memories are my time spent with my parents at Indiana University Bloomington where my dad got his PhD.
Married student housing was old Army Barracks called Hoosier Court.
I had many playmates including a lot of International friends.
My Jordanian friend.
On the northern tip of Door County on the Peninsula in Wisconsin, in Lake Michigan, is Washington Island.
One has to ferry to the island.
There is a great and continuous history of fishing up here.
While beautiful now, quite cold and harsh come winter.
Last week I went to Graue Mill near my home in Elmhurst, IL and took a tour. Ended up with a 5lb. bag of stone-ground cornmeal. If you've never tried stone ground cornmeal, you are in for a treat. At the advice of the man who was grinding the corn, I removed from the burlap bag and put in a ziplock bag in the freezer. He said it will last a couple years there where moisture can't penetrate it. In the basement are the gear wheels from the waterwheel. Here is a checkerboard using corncob game pieces. I used my sourdough started to make some New England Anadama Bread. I got the recipe from my King Arthur Flour...
