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8 Sycamore Farm 16 Personal Chef Sarah Skolak 20 History Meets High-Tech 28 Author Michael Koryta Q&A

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32 Quilter Carol Bridges What’s Your Relationship

39 with Color?

40 Artist Gallery 42 Choreographer Tom Ping-Slater 46 A Log Cabin Built by Hand

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54 Brown County Inn 62 Travel: A Shrine in Spain Recipe:

66 Valentine’s Menu ON OUR COVER: Sycamore Farm welcomes wedding guests — and it is owned by a couple who bought it after being married there. The story starts on page 8. Photo by Tall and Small Photography.

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Contributors

Jackie Sheckler Finch became a Hoosier more than 25 years ago when she moved to Indiana from Massachusetts for a newspaper job. She covered city government and other areas for The Herald-Times until leaving to become a full-time freelance writer. Editor of Homes & Lifestyles since its inception in 2004, Jackie is also an award-winning travel writer and author of 20 travel books. She was named the Mark Twain Travel Writer of the Year a record six times. Jackie enjoys finding the fascinating people and places that wait over the hill and around the next bend.

Growing up in Spencer is a point of pride for Michelle Crowe, who is pretty sure no place on earth can compare with the sincerity of southern Indiana. A bookworm from birth, it’s fitting that her current place of employment is a library. When she is not writing for Homes & Lifestyles, you might find her over-photographing her children’s activities, teaching Sunday school at Arlington United Methodist Church or, of course, with her nose happily stuck in a book.

Pete DiPrimio is a Bloomington transplant who was born near Pittsburgh. His favorite part about writing for Homes & Lifestyles is meeting the various homeowners and personalities. He’s an award-winning sports columnist who has written three books on IU sports, plus 21 children’s books on topics that include Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Ancient Rome, Ancient Sparta and more. In 2016 he was inducted into the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame, which he says reflects the fact that he covered his first sporting event shortly after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden.

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A California kid for his childhood years, Jeremy Hogan came to Indiana in 1997 after a series of newspaper internships that spanned the country. He first picked up a camera as a boy to snap pictures of his friends, which led to a journalism career and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Jeremy shoots photos and videos for The HeraldTimes and produces his own documentary films.

Brooke McCluskey is the content and layout coordinator for Homes & Lifestyles. She assists the editor, develops layouts and guides the production process — and does the same for several other magazines published by Hoosier Times.

In her free time, she is renovating a fixerupper home in rural Bloomington with her husband. They have two children, a dog, a cat, a snake and many woodland friends.

Chris Howell has been a full time senior photojournalist for Hoosier Times publications since 1998. Born and raised in Bloomfield, Chris’ passion is documenting the everyday lives of people in local communities and wherever his travels take him. Away from work, Chris enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing softball and grilling in the summertime.

A lifelong Hoosier, Shaylan Owen grew up near rural Delphi. He has a background in fine arts, photography and graphic design and is the marketing director for Hoosier Times. Shaylan is a selfdescribed food nerd who has created and photographed dozens of recipes for Homes & Lifestyles since April 2009. When not working, he enjoys cooking, reading, running, traveling and the outdoors.

When not designing the pages of Homes & Lifestyles, Dennis Laffoon is the creative services manager for Hoosier Times.

He is also an ordained minister and pastor at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church and winner of the City of Bloomington’s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award. Dennis is married, with three children who bring him and his wife Rochelle much joy.

Alexandra M. Lynch thoroughly enjoys writing for Homes & Lifestyles because she gets to meet wonderful people and see fascinating homes.

Alexandra has been a writer most of her career, mostly newsletters and magazines. Now, in retirement, she finds the H&L gig suits her fine. In her leisure time, she likes to travel and take photos.

David Snodgress was born and raised in Bloomington. He has journalism and political science degrees from Indiana University and a master’s degree in journalism from Ohio University. He is the photography manager at The Herald-Times. He shares a log home with his wife and three children and can often be found camping and canoeing.

Kathy Jonas and Anna Rochelle also contributed stories to this issue. Our thanks to Tall and Small Photography, Stacy Able Photography and Jane Daniels Photography for sharing photographs of Sycamore Farm.

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From the Editor

Comments I wanted to thank you again for the beautiful article you wrote about William and I and our home. The pictures were great! This was a tremendous blessing to me, especially when so many publications do not want to mention anything about God. I know the Lord was pleased. May your kindness to us be returned ten-fold to you and your family.

-Wanda and William Hosea Editor’s note: Thank you for your note. In our December issue, writer Michelle Crowe visited with the Hoseas, world travelers who have created a beautiful sanctuary in Bloomington.

The editor’s column about your husband’s Christmas Eve tradition made me cry. For 2017, I hope we all look for miracles and can always keep an enduring hope for miracles.

-Patricia Anderson

Thank you for the story about Olympian Lilly King. She is a true inspiration. I’m looking forward to following her career. She seems destined for great things because she is willing to work hard to obtain her goals.

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Your magazine is just beautiful. Lately it seems like you have been running larger photos of home interiors than you used to, and I really like the change. It allows you see the details of peoples’ homes. Keep it up!

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s a child, I devoured National Geographic magazines at school.

I thought those lands and those people must be so different.

At Miami University, I took my first plane ride, sold my first travel article and I was hooked.

For most of my adult life, I have been a newspaper reporter and photographer. And the more I’ve traveled, the more I’ve seen how much we are alike. I discovered a one-eyed fisherman in the Australian Outback who carried in his pocket a marble that he had slowly worn smooth over the years. I met a retired fella in Kentucky who whiled away his time playing marbles on a dirt floor with buddies even older than he was. One of his lucky marbles he had made as a young boy.

Separated by so many miles and such different cultures, these two men shared much in common.

I watched a woman in Spain patiently crocheting beautifully intricate lace work. Her hands brought back memories of my own great-grandmother sitting with needlework at the end of her days.

Again, so much distance and so many years apart but these two women had the same peaceful look on their faces as their hands moved in well-remembered motions.

In Tokyo, I enjoyed youngsters jumping rope much as my sisters and I had done as children. Far off the beaten path in Iceland, I attended a church service where I didn’t understand the words but recognized the music from my own church hymnal. In Ireland, I heard an old fiddle player whose haunting song reminded me of my Dad who could make any stringed instrument sing. In Great Britain, I listened as a woman read aloud to her barely-awake toddler and I thought of our Aunt Minnie who used to baby-sit us to sleep with her long recitations of memorized poems.

Travel has changed my life in many ways. Most importantly, it has taught me that we are much more alike than I thought as a child. No matter where we live, our lives are tied together as we travel from birth to death. Common threads connect us. Years of taking to the road have proven that to be true. I eagerly await what is over the hill and around the next bend — and to share it with you.

-Jessica Bevick See Jackie’s latest adventure on page 62.

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hen Ashley and Michael Korus married in July 2014, they chose Sycamore Farm as the venue for their celebration. Located five miles south of downtown Bloomington on That Road, the rolling hills of the 20-acre farm are a naturally elegant and beautiful setting for a special event.

After their reception, Michael remarked that he would like to own a place like Sycamore Farm someday. Fast forward to one year later …

Through his real estate business, Maxim Real Estate, Inc., Michael learned the property was on the market. That same day, Michael announced to Ashley that they had an appointment to see Sycamore Farm.

The two looked at it again — this time, from a home buyer’s perspective. Still in complete disbelief,

they decided to purchase the farm and the events business that had hosted them on their wedding day.

During the due diligence period, they learned a lot from the previous owners, Diann and Ted Lock. Ashley and Michael shadowed them during events on the farm and attended networking meetings to learn the ropes of the event business, an industry quite different than anything the two had experienced before.

Previously, Ashley worked in sales and moved up to a strategic marketing role at Cook Medical. She loves to say that now she sells “happy!” with their new business. Michael, prior to his real estate career and after graduating from Indiana University, traveled more than 10,000 miles across the U.S. and Eastern Europe.

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“Now we’re both in the business of making people happy by helping them create their vision for their biggest life events.”

-Ashley Korus

“I saw a few places I would have loved to live, but I came back to Bloomington and have lived here for 23 years,” he explains.

“Now we’re both in the business of making people happy by helping them create their vision for their biggest life events,” says Ashley with enthusiasm. “We want to be the first venue, or real estate company, that people think of when they are planning any special event or buying a home.”

Michael adds, “Getting married and buying a home are two of the biggest events in one’s life and we make sure they are stress-free and memorable experiences.”

When the Koruses host an event, Sycamore Farm provides the facility, tables, chairs, linens, and all lighting, which creates an inviting and joyful atmosphere.

The client chooses a caterer and providers of services such as wedding planning, music and transportation. Michael and Ashley have a list of vendors they work with, but clients are free, and encouraged, to use someone who speaks to their needs.

The barns are not climate controlled, but this adds to the natural ambiance that comes with a barn venue. There is a wonderful breeze that travels through the barns, keeping guests cool in the summer months. Tower and space heaters keep everyone cozy in the fall and winter months.

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An event hosted in midNovember turned out perfectly with the use of heaters and closed doors in the ventilated barn. Still, one of the top priorities of the Koruses is to heat and insulate both barns and the breezeway to create the perfect space for people to visit throughout the year.

The property is certainly ready for crowds. It has a paved parking lot, wide open spaces for mingling during cocktail hour, and the benefit of being close to Bloomington. The entire property is also handicapped accessible, complete with golf cart service, wheelchair ramps and restrooms to accommodate all event guests and needs.

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“We’re fully booked for fall of 2017 and summer 2017 is close,” says Ashley.

Special inhabitants of the farm — a thoroughbred horse, Mia, and two miniature Mediterranean donkeys, Liberty and Alice — provide entertainment at events, especially for kids.

“The animals are the stars of the show,” says Michael. After all, it wouldn’t be a proper farm without animals. The owners plan to add several horses sometime in the future.

Michael and Ashley have taken advantage of the colder months to make improvements to their new home, also located on-site. The first thing they did, with the help of family and friends, was repaint every room in the 5,600-squarefoot home to make it feel more like their own. They continue to settle in to their space.

Always brimming with enthusiasm and energy, the Koruses blend home and business in the idyllic setting of Sycamore Farm. They know how to sell “happy” because they live it every day.

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“I love it. It’s not work for me. It’s therapy. I love chopping vegetables and making people happy.”

– Sarah Skolak

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Meal Therapy Private chef soothes clients with a stash of favorite recipes

By Pete DiPrimio

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he tortillas look to die for. They are golden brown, made from flour, baking powder and time — the dough needs a couple of hours to rest.

They enfold a tasty blend of pinto beans, onion, salt, pepper, butter and queso fresco. The beans are soaked overnight to make them soft and ready for cooking.

Sarah Skolak could add lard to ratchet up the flavor — and the calories, given that lard is basically pig fat. Instead, she uses vegetable oil to boost the health value.

“You’re going to try one, aren’t you?” she asks. Aroma fills the kitchen, drawing her husband, John, and her 13-year-old son, Isaiah. A daughter, 19-year-old Kyra, isn’t around for tortillas this time.

It is a request with an edge. To say no would violate a million years of human evolutionary eating instinct.

We try them. They are to die for.

“These are homemade, just like my aunts taught me,” Sarah says with a smile.

She is a Bloomington private/personal chef, which means she goes to people’s homes and cooks for them.

Yes, there is a price, and it is worth it.

“I find that people who hire private chefs want more healthy options,” Sarah says.

Take the tortillas. If Sarah makes one she has to make 100 because they draw people like sirens do love-starved sailors, but without the danger.

“As soon as people know Sarah is making them,” John says, “we have to have a dinner party.”

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Homemade Memories

The tortillas come tinged with a measure of love lost. Sarah’s mother died when she was 6 years old. One of her mother’s favorite things to do was make tortillas. Sarah’s aunts taught her the recipe.

“It’s a connection to her,” Sarah says.

In Sarah’s world, color is flavor, mixed with a healthy dose of passion, patience and creativity so that cooking becomes art, and something very personal.

“I’m not only providing tasty food for people, but also nourishment,” she says. “It’s helping people, and it’s super rewarding.

That sounds like a cliché, but it’s so true. My clients are more like my friends. I’m more like an extension of their family rather than staff, like a daughter or a sister who comes and makes the food.”

Cooking nourishes her clients, and also her soul.

“I love it. It’s not work for me. It’s therapy.

I love chopping vegetables and making people happy.”

Sarah cooks about 10 meals a week for clients, and has time to prepare 10 to 20

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more meals. Plus, she cooks for her own family.

“Clients expect something new every day,” she says. “Once or twice a month we might repeat something. I have a couple of hundred recipes I routinely use. I feel I can do just about anything — except bake bread. I’m still trying to get the hang of that.”

Sarah has 20 cookbooks and a “ton of cooking clippings,” and regularly hits the internet looking for recipes and ideas.

Depending on the meal, she’ll go to different stores, or order on Amazon, to get specific ingredients.

She’ll cook just about anything, but “I don’t like to cook veal. I will, but I’ll say a little prayer first. I make sure I respect the ingredients.”

She also respects this culinary truth ­— “People are crazy about meatloaf and how mom made it.”

So there you go.

Sarah doesn’t usually get strange requests but does pause when someone says, “When I was a kid, my mom used to

make this, and I wish I could have it again.

That’s all the instructions I get sometimes,” she says, “so I try my best.”

She cooks four nights a week for one couple, doing all the grocery shopping and meal planning after getting their suggestions. For another client, she goes to their house and prepares five meals that they can finish cooking later.

Culinary Curiosity

Sarah learned to cook by doing rather than by schooling. Her first real attempt came when she was 10 and tried to make brownies. Her father, Gary, provided instructions.

It didn’t go well.

“I spilled batter all over the hot oven door,” she says. “It started to burn and cook right on the door. It made such a mess. I started to cry.”

Yes, sometimes there is crying in cooking.

Sarah began cooking for family and friends, finding inspiration by “reading cook books like novels. I would experiment on

them. I loved it. Cooking helped connect me to different times in my life, different people in my life.”

Things really started to … well … cook thanks to author James Michener and his 1974 bestseller “Centennial,” a fictional history of northeastern Colorado. In high school Sarah had to do a semester-long project on the book. She did what no one in the class had ever done — write a cookbook based on the recipes mentioned in Michener’s work.

“They did a lot of cooking in the book, and those were my favorite parts,” Sarah says. “The recipes helped tell about that time period. I thought it was super interesting. As part of the project, I baked three pies, and that was a hit.”

It was a sign of hits to come.

Cooking was far down on her to-do list while growing up. Sarah started watching famous chefs Emeril Lagasse and Sara Moulton on TV, and became hooked on a PBS show called “Great Chefs, Great Cities.”

“Everything about it was boring,” she says, “but I was fascinated by it.”

Fascination still didn’t merge with career.

Sara got a job in the jewelry business, but after dealing with inventory and buying, and putting in a ton of hours that didn’t translate to professional happiness, Sarah quit to start an errand-running business called On My Way where she handled chores such as dry cleaning and pet care for clients.

“Then one day one of my clients asked, ‘Do you cook?’ I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ The rest was history. I knew immediately that’s what I needed to be doing.”

So does John. He has standing in-home cooking orders — stay away from the pans, except to make popcorn.

“He makes the best popcorn on the planet,” Sarah says.

John also works in the food business.

He’s a salesman for Sysco Foods out of Indianapolis. He knows the perils of having a wife who cooks for others.

“She makes all this food for clients and to not eat it, well, it’s difficult,” he says.

At least we think that’s what he says.

We’re too busy eyeing another tortilla.

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History Meets High-Tech

New home contains best of past, present and future building techniques

By Michelle Ann Crowe

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n 1869, the famous British-American architect Calvert Vaux wrote, “In an intelligent age and country like this, ugly buildings should be the exception; not, as hitherto, the almost invariable rule.”

It’s a pretty good bet that Jeff Schwegman has never used the word hitherto. But the spirit of 19th century building is more than evident in his new custom home.

“It’s all intentional,” he says.

Consider the floor plan, for example. Closer to a historical foursquare layout, the interior leads off of a main galley and offers enclosed spaces dedicated to particular activities.

“Everyone has an open floor plan these days,” says Jeff, “but I wanted something much more traditional.”

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Call it history or tradition, but the work of builders long gone inspired this Bloomington scientist and entrepreneur to break with current building trends and imagine an innovative new home using materials and concepts centuries in the making.

Driving between Bloomington and West Lafayette while working on his doctorate in formulation science, a pattern emerged.

“I like a certain style of house I kept seeing on those back roads,” Jeff recalls.

“It was an older colonial-type home and I knew that was exactly what I wanted.”

Along his route? Many homes built in the first half of the 1800s in a style commonly known as Federal. These veterans of Indiana’s first decades as a state were evolutions — missing the pronounced flourishes and columns of their predecessor, the Georgian Colonial.

Hallmarks of the Federal style are paired chimneys, two-story construction — often in all brick, and minimum ornamentation or extending structures such as porches or porticos.

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1800s Goes 21st Century

When it came time to design and build his own structure, Jeff brought Federal architecture into the 21st century.

“My house has all of the latest high-tech offerings, but most of these are hidden so it looks like an older home,” he says.

Elevated on the highest lot in his neighborhood, his stately brick and limestone residence is nestled into a mature, forested area with only a 20-foot clearance around the home. While he “shudders every time it storms,” it was important to Jeff to keep as many of the trees on the property as he could.

True to Federal style, its windows — tall, narrow and large in scale — are free from framing shutters and topped with limestone lintels. In a modern twist, and nod to local resources, a four-foot limestone skirt braces the building foundation.

“I found a general shape that I liked and tweaked it with help from my builder,” Jeff says.

“We sat down together and worked out all the details.”

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Perhaps some of those sit-downs involved jam sessions — Jeff and his builder, Tim Roberts of Craft Construction, have their own history.

“Jeff and I have known each other for a long time. We played in a couple of pretty good bands together,” says Tim. Walking into the central gallery and foyer, an immediate right glance shows a quiet room marked for music. No longer on the road — eight-hour van rides to performance venues wore down his enthusiasm — Jeff keeps music in his life.

Hanging in special niches are Jeff’s guitars and open floor space is earmarked for a baby grand.

Back across the main gallery is the formal sitting room, featuring one of the home’s three fireplaces. Its neutral palette is the work of designer Brandy Ketterer, who partnered with Jeff to make the house match his vision of timelessness from the outside in.

“Brandy has a great eye. She knew the kind of style I was looking for and made it happen,” Jeff says.

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The formal dining room connects this space to the kitchen, creating a path that parallels the main entrance hallway. This consideration for traffic flow is one way Jeff’s team influenced the modernization of the traditional floor plan.

“I trust them,” Jeff says. “I didn’t have to worry about any of it. I knew with Tim in charge it would be right or he would work on it until it was.”

A Modern Classic

Tim remembers that Jeff had a very strong sense of what he wanted to accomplish.

“Jeff wanted something very traditional and classic, but at the same time would be modern. He did not want to build something that would go out of style in 10 years.”

Evidence of commitment to quality work and materials — something Jeff shares with 19th century home builders — can be found throughout. In particular, the high ceilings on both floors feel remarkable thanks to oversized solid doors that maintain proportion. The eye is led up by details such

as stained glass transoms — one of the few ornamentations in the interior architecture.

Another evident art form is the master carpentry trim work and wide-planked wooden flooring.

“I like the contrast between the dark floor and the white trim,” says Jeff.

This same flooring and proportion marks the light-filled second floor. In the master bath, a freestanding claw-foot cast-iron tub is grandly stationed in a windowed alcove.

This traditional feature is balanced with modern amenities such as an upper-level laundry room.

In the kitchen there is no question this home was built in 2015. One of Jeff’s favorite places in the home, it features distressed custom cabinetry by Stoll Woodworking.

“Cooking is one of my hobbies and I wanted a gourmet kitchen. So, we said, let’s design around that,” says Jeff.

In addition to top-of-the-line appliances cleverly hidden behind cabinet panels, the farmhouse kitchen is also the hub for the most modern of innovations — a smart home control panel.

Jeff grins as he controls lighting and music throughout the house from a tablet in his hand. It is clear the technology is a delight.

Tim says that while home automation is not new technology anymore, it’s the functional integration and ease of control that makes it really exciting.

“If you tour this home you will see that every detail was considered,” Tim notes.

“Everything was planned out with a lot of attention to detail in every aspect.”

The lasting impression of the home is classic, timeless, quality living.

Quality is paying off in other areas of Jeff’s life. In the spring his company, AB Biotechnologies, will expand once again with, “a new building, new equipment and many new people,” he says. His progress has to do with one more new thing — an FDA license that will allow the Bloomingtonbased company to now manufacture the formulations they develop in the lab.

“It’s a major expansion,” Jeff concludes.

“And it’s going to make building this house look like a cake walk.”

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Fiction Fits — Part 2 A Q&A with Hoosier author Michael Koryta

By Pete DiPrimio

Michael Koryta has gone from Herald-Times reporter to private investigator to award-winning best-selling author. How did he do it? Here, in the second installment of a two-part Q&A, he shares a few of his storytelling secrets.

Q: Your love of the outdoors is reflected in a lot of your writing. Where does that come from?

A: Both of my parents were big readers, and also were very engaged in the outdoors. So I grew up with books and fishing and hiking. It goes back to that. Beyond that, I do most of my thinking about a book while I’m hiking or fishing or at the gym.

I’d rather be physically in motion — hiking and walking are definitely a big part of that. If I run into writer’s block or am just having a problem, the first response I will have is not to bring out a notepad or a set of index cards. The first response I will have is to find the nearest hiking trail, take a couple of hours and just disappear.

Q: You are known for your immersion research. You spent a lot of time last summer in Maine, which is the setting for your next novel.

A: In general I love what I call having your boots on the ground.

That’s what I did when I was a reporter and a private investigator.

Q: You still live in Bloomington, as well as Florida. Why? A: I ask myself that each February. I really do think there is something fundamentally important about a college town in terms of doing something creative. Also a sense that this is like an undiscovered map. I get a lot of raised eyebrows when I say I live in Bloomington. There’s no reason that I have to be here, but I really like the town, the cost of living and the equality of living.

It’s a perfect fit.

when you do that, but by and large, I felt being a PI was one of the more fascinating jobs I’ve ever done. Every day was different.

It was a constant education. That is what made it so fascinating.

It was the same thing in journalism. You’re going to be asked, on a daily or weekly basis, to learn something new. You have to figure things out on the fly. I always liked that.

Q: Describe your writing process.

A: I research while I write. During rewrites I learn what I screwed

between all the characters. The circumstances of the story felt as authentic to real people as anything that I’ve ever done. My most popular book by far, the one that seems the farthest from that is, “Those Who Wish Me Dead.” In other words, you can’t trust my opinion.

up in the first draft. In the past I’ve spent three to four drafts working on a scenario that was not plausible, and then by the time I’ve sat down with some experts and talked through that, I had to do major rewrites. I don’t have outlines before I write.

I’d rather work in a circumstance where I have full emotion at all times on the draft and the characters. I don’t mind the heavy rewriting. That’s something I’ve always had to do.

Q: What did you like about being a private investigator?

A: People expect you to say it’s really boring because all you do

Q: As a PI, were you ever in danger?

A: Yes and no. I worked numerous cases where it would have

been a problem … any time you’re following someone, there is some risk. There are certain places and neighborhoods and people where you can have danger. But I didn’t have too many.

My mentor, Don Johnson, which is a great PI name, he was great in teaching how to manage a situation and how not to push things. He became a role model for one of my early characters, a PI in the Lincoln Perry series. What he taught me was that this is not a position for cowboys or where adrenaline touches it. If you have that, you’re going to get into trouble, or get your client into trouble. It’s not just the idea that there is physical danger, it’s the idea that you’re going to screw up this case by pushing too hard.

Q: Do you remember the first book you ever read?

A: I was drawn to all things about the history of the frontier,

like Davy Crocket and Daniel Boone and American Indian sort of story world. The first books that had a direct impact on what I’m doing now were Southern mysteries set in the 1950s by Keith Robertson. The main one was “The Crow and the Castle” (about two gangsters, some nasty strangers, an odd old man and two wisecracking 16-year-old detectives). My dad had read it when he was a kid.

Q: What’s the best book you’ve written?

A: “The Prophet.” I think that one had the most genuine emotion

Q: There is speculation that “The Prophet” could be made into a movie starring Channing Tatum.

A: It has been optioned. The actor tied to it is Channing Tatum, which would be great, but he also has … I don’t know how many projects are on his slate. The odds of that developing, I don’t know.

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Living Like a Goddess Quilter’s creations capture the mystical and natural

By Alexandra M. Lynch

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ou are invited to enter the world of Carol Bridges. Carol is a quilter and maker of intricate, richly colorful art quilts that always tell a story. Carol also has taught the art of feng shui, and teaches a course called “Live Like a Goddess.”

Carol’s home is found near the town of Nashville, way out on curvy woodland roads, in a pleasant compound of yellow buildings.

It is completely quiet here. She fixed up the original buildings on the property with window-filled rooms. Then she built a classroom just behind her home.

To get to know Carol Bridges, you must see her quilts. Infused with spirit, decorated with intricate stitching, beadwork and more, they are rich tapestries of the imagination.

With elements of the orient, the mystical and the natural, Carol’s quilts reveal her inner spirit. Each room of her home has quilts on display. As you move from room to room you appreciate the scope of Carol’s art.

“Life is full of magnificent surprises when we surrender to what our higher self wants to do,” Carol says. “‘The entire universe plays for the dancer inside’ is a line from a song by Eclectricity which always spoke to me.”

As we go walking through rooms with quilts on display, each tells a story. Carol explains that some quilts are part of her own collection, and most are for sale. Sometimes someone will come to Carol requesting that she design and make a personal quilt.

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“Sometimes they have had a profound experience which they wish to remember,” she says.

Carol has a beautiful website, with many of her best quilts available for view or for sale.

“The website has been going for several years,” she says. “I encourage anyone interested to take a look.”

The site is so fascinating, you may find yourself returning to it several times.

Best of all, it showcases Carol’s incredible quilts, tells about her free online classes, and shares her books and her teachings of peace in a colorful, art-filled format.

When asked about formal art training, Carol demurs.

“I took a couple of art classes at a university, and they were worthless,” she says bluntly.

Asked if she had special mentors or teachers, she says not really. In other words, Carol’s artistic skills are largely selftaught.

“But I learned a great deal about quilting by talking to other quilters. There is a lot to learn.”

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“I live in the hardwood forest of southern Indiana.

I am thus constantly inspired by the light and colors of the woods.”

-Carol Bridges

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The Fabric of Life

Carol combines art with her quilting skills making her work unique and amazing. For example, Carol’s beautiful quilt titled “Spell of the Moon” offers some of the quilter’s teachings. It measures 40 by 43 inches and when seen in person — or on the website with a zoom — the detail work, beadwork and colors are fantastic.

“Nature is full of mystery if we approach her with a sense of wonder,” Carol says. “I often take my classes into the woods and have us offer song or music to the nature spirits, then sit or lie on the ground, just observing.”

Carol is a prolific quilter. She has made about 200 quilts — and of course these aren’t just any quilts.

Each one is a work of art. How does she produce so many intricate designs?

“I don’t have a television,” says Carol, who listens to books on tape while she works. “I haven’t had a television in my house for 50 years. I spend very little time on the computer. These waste a lot of your time.

So without them, I have more time for my work.

Quilting is my job — a job I love.”

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Carol makes most of her quilt sales in person. Sometimes a person attending one of her classes will see a quilt they must have. To see these quilts in person is to want them.

Carol is a deeply spiritual person.

“I’ve always been devoted to following my heart and doing what I love … A major shift of consciousness occurs when we begin to appreciate everything that has taken place in our lives and everything that we are currently experiencing. Gratitude is a giant eraser eliminating huge blockages to our wellbeing. Every image we hold onto is part of our constant creative making of our life. The better the image, the better the life.”

Carol is also a teacher and has guided students through a five-day course in feng shui, the art of harmonizing with the environment.

She is currently focusing on helping women create a home that truly nourishes the soul.

Many of her students take a course called “Live Like a Goddess.”

“I am interested in what I call ‘the living goddess,’” she says. “She is all of the women who are presently consciously embodying the qualities of the ancient great goddess. She is a woman who lives her art and does her part. In our current time, I see her expressing herself in five styles of loving. Understanding these love styles will help you to enjoy the differences you find in relating to people you love.”

One final thought from Carol – “When we bring ourselves completely into the moment, engaging fully with life, magic happens.”

Carol Bridges makes magic happen.

See Carol’s quilts at artquiltswithsoul.com.

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Homes & Lifestyles

Color Corner

What’s Your Relationship with Color?

By Laura Brzegowy

S

electing paint colors should be as simple as picking your favorite two or three, right? Yet, as many know, this rarely is the case.

Choosing a hue you like is only part of the equation. There are, in fact, several other factors that need to be taken into account before the selection process begins. Over the course of four Homes & Lifestyle issues, you will be introduced to the factors I’ve named WAIT.

The entire WAIT system was conceived to help determine a client’s preferred way of living with color, before making any color decisions. Not having thought through each of these factors may actually cause the selection of wrong hues, or the possibility of using them in a manner that doesn’t suit you.

The W of the WAIT system pertains to where you prefer to use color.

Without this personal knowledge, one runs the risk of being overwhelmed, or underwhelmed, by their choices. Where you use color is further broken down into three categories: accessories, walls or both.

The most versatile use of color is as an accent through accessories. Using neutral walls as a backdrop, any color introduced with accessories makes a beautiful statement. Choose two to four colors you love and search for pillows, throws, books, and artwork with which to style your room. For those not quite ready for the commitment of large swaths of color, this may be the perfect

solution. A side benefit of incorporating colorful accessories with neutral walls is the ability to move the accessories anywhere you choose throughout the home.

The second way to make use of color in the home is through wall paint. This may seem obvious — but a neutral gray trend has de-emphasized walls of color here in south-central Indiana. The key to using color successfully on walls is to take the flooring into account. If the floors and wall color aren’t compatible, no amount of beautiful furnishings will show off the space in its most beautiful light. Utilizing accessories with less color than the walls is the hallmark of this style, allowing the walls to make the greatest impact in the room.

For those who love being surrounded by color, using it on both the walls and accessories is the perfect choice. Because this makes a bold color statement, using the colors in different quantities is important. For example, if the selected palette employs teal, sunny yellow, apple

red, and forest green, choose one or two of the hues to emphasize, while using lesser amounts of the others. Another suggestion would be to use a softer version of one of the palette colors on the walls.

The bottom line is to be curious.

Do you notice a mood shift in a room sporting colorful walls and accessories?

Or are you more apt to relax in a space with soft, neutral walls accented with more colorful accessories?

Once you know where you feel most at home using color, your selections will fall into place more easily. Use this information, and what you’ll learn in the next three issues of Homes & Lifestyles, to choose colors for your home that will be enjoyed for many years to come.

Laura Brzegowy is a color consultant at Bloomington Paint & Wallpaper. She has helped hundreds of local people understand color theory and design custom color solutions.

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Walking to Music

Hollywood choreographer teaches self-awareness through dance

By Kathy Jonas

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At left, Tom teaches a student. Above, Robert (left) and Tom’s mother Patty Nash (center) join him in the studio.

Photos by Chris Howell.

T

om Slater is a student of the physics of movement. As a world-champion ballroom dancer specializing in overhead lifts and aerial spins, he has to be.

But as the owner of a new studio in Bloomington, he is more interested in the easy way a couple moves when shopping downtown — how they hold hands, stop occasionally to look at something, and continue walking in unison without giving it a thought.

He also notices when people are happy with their hair — the natural way it falls when properly cut and the way it frames the face to bring out the person’s best features.

Tom, a former Hollywood choreographer, expert ballroom dance and instructor, and a licensed hair stylist in California and Indiana, has opened a new studio and hair salon combining his many talents. Located in a peaceful woodsy setting abutting Griffey Lake Nature Preserve just five minutes from Indiana University’s football stadium, YOUnique Studio, 3420 East Bethel Lane, is an oasis of sorts, offering a more organic approach to dance and hair styling.

“We want to find out what makes you unique and help bring out those qualities in your style, be it your hair or dance,” Tom says.

He does not teach or style hair in a cookie cutter manner, but searches for the best way to help a mother and son choreograph a wedding dance, for example, or the easiest way for someone dedicated to career and family to find a hairstyle he or she loves and can effortlessly manage on even the busiest of days.

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“No one out there is teaching the skill of moving your body in relation to another person,” says Tom, who has spent 38 years paying attention to just that.

Often, he says, this means cutting out bad habits learned over time.

“Dancing is nothing more than walking to music.”

Making an Entrance

Tom has danced in and choreographed movies, television shows, stage productions and events across the world. Courtesy photos.

A native of Pennsylvania raised in Texas and Massachusetts, Tom attended the University of Southern California as a drama major before falling in love with ballroom dancing. He became a World Exhibition Champion in 1989.

While in Hollywood, he was assistant choreographer for the 1998 film “Dance with Me,” where he taught Jane Krakowski and legendary actress Joan Plowright some moves and ended up performing in the movie.

He danced for Presidents Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton and was thrilled to dance on a PBS special, “Big Band Ballroom Bash” starring Juliette Prowse and Bobby Short.

His television and theatrical appearances are as numerous as his dancing credits. Locally, he has performed in the Cardinal Stage Productions of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Mary Poppins” and has been a substitute instructor at IU. While a love of ballroom dancing led him to the screen and stage, finding the love of his life led him to Bloomington. He and his partner Robert, co-owner of the studio, met through mutual friends while vacationing in Palm Springs. Tom was 45 and had given up on finding anyone. The couple married in a ceremony in Indiana on Oct. 28, 2006, and went to Iowa to be legally wed on Oct. 28, 2013.

Natural Talent

Working with all levels of dancers is a goal that Tom has for YOUnique studio, where an observational technique called “Body Organics” is used during the lessons and classes taught there.

“This technique locates five centers of dance in and around the body and uses a very ergonomic way of making even the clumsiest of dancers begin to feel natural in their body very quickly,” Tom says.

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Take experienced dancer Dr. Emma McCormack, for example. She came to Tom for assistance with a mother-son dance planned for her son’s wedding, noting her son had no dance experience.

“Tom knows how to create something for someone so that you look good,” she says. Unlike other dance studios, she says, Tom does not push contracts and sales, but focuses on individualized instruction that is not scripted.

“He’s really at a whole different level,” she adds.

Tom’s attention to individual needs also makes him ideal for the hair salon business, where he says he tries to focus on doing a natural cut necessitating very little ironing or curling. He also believes in teaching people exactly how to take care of their hair at home.

“What good is it if they can’t do it themselves?” he asks.

Robert, manager of education, outreach and training at Indiana’s University Information Technical Services, adds that Tom will work with clients until as late as 11 p.m., helping people who have hectic schedules with work and kids’ activities.

“Everybody is different,” Tom says, summing up his newest creative endeavor. “Bringing a person’s true personality to the surface of either dance or a hairstyle gives them a unique appearance that can’t be copied.”

Learn more about Tom’s studio at YOUniqueStudio.com.

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One Log at a Time

Carpenter built a log cabin the old-fashioned way

By Anna Rochelle

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ack off a narrow country road on high ground in the woods of eastern Monroe County, Tony Moore has been pouring his heart and soul, and a lot of hard work, into the construction of a log cabin home. In this region with a fondness for log cabins, Tony’s cabin is unique.

“It’s built the old-fashioned way,” he says.

Tony used time-consuming techniques from the pioneer era, hand peeling the bark off native trees with a draw knife, and scribing then cutting each log to custom-fit them together perfectly, one log at a time.

Now close to completion, Tony is working on a few finishing touches.

He’s been at this project for over four years, and the result is a rock-solid cabin featuring naturally rounded logs both inside and out. The logs in this cabin are huge — they range from 18-inches to 24-inches thick and they are jawdroppingly beautiful.

“These logs have all the lumps and knobs and peel marks,” he says. “There’s not too many cabins like this around here, but there are lots of these in the Canadian wilderness and in Alaska.”

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Logs in the Off Season

It was in Alaska where Tony learned to handcraft a cabin using these techniques. He grew up in Bloomington, but as an adult, life led him to Alaska where he worked over 20 years with the carpenters’ union, gaining experience in all types of building including concrete and pipeline construction among others. In the off seasons, he worked on log cabins.

He eventually returned to Indiana to be near his elderly mother. During those years before she passed away, he used the same techniques to build his first log cabin in the Hoosier state, in the Salt Creek neighborhood on the shores of Lake Monroe.

At one point on a long road trip back to Alaska, he made a stop out west to visit an old friend from his school days, Joanne Shaver. She, too, grew up in Bloomington and was retired from a career of teaching English. The two hit it off and Tony never made it back to Alaska. Instead, the couple settled into the log home in Salt Creek and Tony went to work on his second log cabin.

He found six acres of forest land on Elkins Road not far from his home. The cabin is secluded, on property off the beaten path, south of Belmont and the T.C. Steele State Memorial.

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The main logs are eastern white pine that came from land being logged about 30 miles southwest of Bloomington. Brad Elkins took care of clearing, bulldozing and excavating a driveway and the building site. Associates Four Services also handled some of the project as did Designscape Horticultural Services.

Dennis Strain, a local carpenter, helped install the flooring and the roof and Brian Beach did the electrical work.

A craftsman who was one of Tony’s childhood friends, Ned Caldwell, then joined Tony to work on the main logs and build the basic structure designed

by Tony. Ned and Tony stripped the bark on one log, then lifted and moved that log into place. It was a slow process.

“There was just the two of us out here but each log is custom fit,” says Tony.

There’s no chinking between the logs, none needed, and instead of being squared off, the rounded logs give the cabin a distinctive look. Joanne says she enjoys watching new visitors to the cabin marvel at the size of the logs.

“They all have the same reaction,” she says. “They walk up to the cabin and they all reach out their hand to touch the logs.”

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Roomy and Cozy

The cabin is 34-feet by 36-feet with 1,224 square feet of living space on the main floor with an open living, dining and kitchen area under a vaulted ceiling.

Two bedrooms with ample closet space, two full bathrooms, a small laundry room and hallway are topped by a large unfinished loft that opens to the living area.

Kitchen counters are made of thick slabs of Bedford limestone. Bedford limestone was also used to trim the edges of ceramic tile in both bathrooms. The vaulted ceiling is finished with two-by-six natural pine tongue and groove. Poplar from Monroe County was used for some trim, shelving and bookcases.

A chimney is in place, ready for the installation of a wood stove in the center of the home, with a wood storage area built in, plus a HVAC electric heat pump provides heating and air conditioning. The water supply is provided through a 3,000-gallon cistern and a septic tank and field are installed.

On the downhill side of the cabin, an overhead door opens to a 12-by-36-foot basement for storage and work area next to an 8-by-8-foot utility room. On the uphill side under approximately two-thirds of the cabin is a four-foot tall fully-lighted crawl space featuring a concrete floor for comfort and ease of maintenance and repairs. The gable ends of the cabin are finished with poplar board and batten.

The main floor of the cabin is completely surrounded with a treated pine deck that measures 12-by-36-feet on one end for outdoor living space.

Outdoor lighting fixtures are recycled brass lamps salvaged from an old Navy ship. A spacious two-car detached garage with plenty of work space, windows and a special circuit dedicated to charge electric vehicles features the same logs and construction techniques as the rest of the structure.

During the past year, Tony and Joanne have spent a lot of time at the cabin, where they enjoy watching wildlife from the deck.

Tony said planning and building the cabin started out as a retirement hobby – one he obviously loves.

So with the cabin almost finished, it’s for sale, and Tony has his eye out for another piece of land. He’s already thinking about designs for cabin number three.

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Inn Love Brown County Inn’s new owners give it a warm, modern update

By Kathy Jonas

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here’s a Hollywood romantic comedy genre that goes something like this: a couple buys a bed and breakfast, all kinds of unforeseen calamities befall the pair, the previously dilapidated structure is magically repaired and expertly decorated without any recognition of the time or money involved in doing so, and, of course, the couple lives happily ever after.

Real life is more like this: Chicago shopping center developer Barry Herring finds himself on an eight-foot ladder while water shoots into the kitchen of the newly-purchased Brown County Inn at a velocity reminiscent of the Titanic.

“What have we gotten ourselves into?” he remembers thinking.

While wondering if they had done something foolish and downright crazy, Barry and his wife, Deborah, faced one challenge after another following the purchase of Brown County’s largest hotel in May 2015. It wasn’t a quaint bed and breakfast — it was a 99-room full service hotel complete with a large bar and restaurant, swimming pool, meeting facility, extensive grounds and even a miniature golf course.

In the first two months of the purchase, aside from the sprinkler system malfunction, about every piece of equipment that could break did just that, including heating systems, hot water heaters and the swimming pool mechanicals.

“Ten times a day we would hear one of the employees tell us that a door was broken,” Deborah recalls. Working in the construction business prepared Barry for the challenges and he immediately became certified in pool maintenance so he could handle repairs himself.

The couple came to appreciate the experience and knowledge of staff members who had worked there for many years.

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Above, Courtney Gosser greets guests in the dining room. At right, Dietrich Gosser shows a dish prepared on his watch as head chef.

Called to Brown County

Barry, Deborah and their six children had been coming to their cabin in Brown County for many years and hoped to retire there. That idea became a reality in February of 2012 when they moved to the cabin after losing both of their mothers the same year. For a few brief months, they had nothing to do.

“Someone told us the inn was for sale,” Deborah remembers with a laugh. “I thought, ‘Gee that sounds like fun.’”

They looked at it in November, 2014, and liked what they saw — but recognized it was going to be a lot of work. Their daughter and son-in-law, Courtney and Dietrich Gosser, came for Christmas and the Herrings mentioned that they had looked at the inn. The Gossers, who both were working in the restaurant business in Madison, Wisconsin, talked about it all that night. Dietrich is now head chef and kitchen manager at the inn and Courtney runs the dining room, bar and oversees event planning.

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The Renovation

Making the inn presentable was not just a matter of repairing broken equipment. The Herrings needed to make some major changes.

That meant painting the exterior and taking all 99 rooms down to the studs. Eco-conscious when possible, they salvaged the paneling from the rooms and made remnants into headboards and picture frames.

“It needed a total refresh,” says Brown County architect Steve Miller. He was part of the local team charged with breathing new life to the inn. Opening the place up to more light, making it more energy efficient, assuring all code requirements were met and designing a more welcoming sign were some of his tasks.

“We put 50 LED lights in the dining room that burn less than one of the previous incandescent ones did,” Barry says, noting the excellent work done by Jim Schultz of Star Electric. While the inn was closed for a brief time in the winter of 2015, as many employees as possible stayed on and helped with renovations.

Custom sliding doors made with Amish knotty alder were added in the dining room and renovations were made to the meeting facility, which has hosted 27 weddings this year.

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Deborah says employees, some of them who have worked there for as many as 40 years, have newfound pride in the place.

“Danielle at the front desk never used to ask people how their stay was before,” she says. “Now she can’t wait to ask everyone when they check out. They are proud and bragging.”

Embracing History

Barry says the renovation mainly involves modernizing without

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disturbing the history of the place.

Opened in 1974, the inn was frequented

by Indianapolis 500 celebrities and country music stars during its heyday.

“Everyone has a story about it,” Barry says. “It’s either part of their childhood, their parents had their honeymoon here or they got married here. It’s kind of intimidating.”

The menu wouldn’t be complete without old favorites such as fried chicken — now made with Indiana birds — and fried buttermilk biscuits

with apple butter. Dietrich has added more locally-sourced foods such as a Fischer Farms burger with white cheddar and apple bacon kraut and a garden out back supplies tomatoes, green beans and other fresh vegetables.

While projects such as bathroom renovations remain, Barry and Deborah are proud of what has been accomplished.

“We know we still have work to do,” Deborah says, “but we’ve come such a long, long way.”

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A Saint’s Shrine in Spain

Basque Country birthplace of Saint Ignatius is a popular pilgrimage site

By Jackie Sheckler Finch

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ravely injured when a cannonball crushed his legs, the warrior endured several excruciating surgeries without anesthetics. Warned to prepare for death, the nobleman spent his bedridden time reading whatever was at hand.

“The only books he had were about the lives of the saints and Christ,” says Mikel Mugalari. “Then a miracle happened. He didn’t die. He had a conversion. He decided to live his life for God.” That man was Saint Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus. When he died in 1556, the former soldier and master swordsman had thousands of Jesuit followers who

traveled the globe to share God’s words.

“Visitors from all over the world come here,” says Mikel, my guide from Tours by Basques, as we walk through sprinkling rain down a long landscaped path to the place where Saint Ignatius was born in 1491. The magnificent birthplace seems a surprising pilgrimage shrine in this tiny town of Azpeitia, population 14,000, in northern Spain.

Although there was another large group when I visited, the place seemed almost church-like quiet. Pausing to take a photo in the large room where Saint Ignatius was born, I could almost imagine him living here many centuries ago.

Photos by Jackie Sheckler Finch.

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Fortress and Home

Built around the 14th century, the huge tower house was home to an aristocratic family. The castle is divided into a lower half built of stone for a fortress and an upper half composed of brick which was the main living quarters. It was here that Dona Marina Saenz de Licona gave birth to her last son, officially named Inigo de Loyola.

She died when Ignatius was 7 years old, followed by Ignatius’ father when he was 16.

The youngest of 13 children, Ignatius Loyola dreamed of doing great deeds. But those, he thought, would be on the battlefield. By his own admission, Ignatius was “a man given to the vanities of the world, whose chief delight consisted in martial exercises, with a great and vain desire to win renown.”

During a 1521 battle with the French, Ignatius was gravely wounded. A room with life-sized statue of Ignatius lying on his deathbed is now the Chapel of the Conversion. The books that he read and that changed his life are shown here as well.

When — against all odds — Ignatius recovered in spring of 1522 with a limp for a constant reminder, he was 30 years old and ready to embark on a new life. He lay down his military uniform, gave his fine clothes to a poor man and clothed himself in sackcloth. In a Benedictine abbey, he hung up his sword and dagger before the Virgin Mary and dedicated his new life to God. Helping in a hospital, Ignatius retreated for long prayerful hours to a cave trying to gain a better understanding of God and God’s plan for him. Writing his thoughts and experiences, Ignatius compiled a book he called “Spiritual Exercises.” His book is considered one of the most influential ever written on the spiritual life.

When the new year dawned, Ignatius decided it was time to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Calling himself “the pilgrim,” Ignatius planned to live in Jerusalem and convert non-believers. But the Holy Land was a troubled place and church officials didn’t want Ignatius to cause further problems so they asked him to leave after just two weeks.

Spreading the Word

If he wanted to spread God’s word, Ignatius realized he needed to learn Latin and other subjects for the priesthood. He went to a grammar school with young children and later to universities, earning a master’s degree at age 44. Soon, Ignatius had attracted like-minded friends and the group decided to travel to Rome in 1540. There, Pope Paul II proclaimed Ignatius and his circle of friends an official religious order — the Society of Jesus.

Jesuits soon found their niche in education. Before Ignatius died, there were about 1,000 Jesuits who had established 35 schools. That number soared to almost 400 schools within 35 years after his death.

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Suffering from stomach ailments and other medical problems, Ignatius knew his death was near. During the night, he was heard to murmur, “My God. My God.” At dawn on July 31, 1556, at the age of 64 and without last rites, Ignatius ended his journey to God. “How wretched the earth seems to me when I look up to heaven,” Ignatius once said.

He was canonized six years later and Saint Ignatius Feast Day is celebrated every year on July 31.

As a holy site, Saint Ignatius’ birthplace has a cathedral as well as statues, artifacts, writings and a detailed diorama depicting his life. Two large stained glass murals show Ignatius the soldier and Ignatius the pilgrim.

As we were preparing to leave, I stopped for one last look and saw an elderly woman with tears in her eyes. She had knelt to pray before one of the images of Saint Ignatius. Her words were not in a language I understood but no words were needed to explain her deep feelings at being in this spiritual place.

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Gorgonzola soufflés with pear and arugula salad Souffle: Two eggs, room temperature, separated 2/3 cup milk 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated, plus extra 1/4 cup Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled 2 tablespoons butter, plus extra 1 1/2 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Pinch nutmeg Pinch cream of tartar Vinaigrette: 1/3 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon raspberry jam 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Salad: Baby arugula 1 small shallot, thinly sliced 1 red pear, firm-ripe 1/3 cup pecans, toasted, chopped Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter ramekins thoroughly and dust them with extra grated Parmesan. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook for one to two minutes, then add milk, salt, nutmeg and pepper.

Whisk to combine — when milk thickens, stir in cheeses and remove from heat. Transfer to a mixing bowl to cool for at least five minutes. Fold in two egg yolks and cover with plastic wrap touching surface of sauce.

In a large bowl, beat two egg whites with a pinch of cream of tarter to semi-firm peaks. Fold one-third of egg whites into cheese sauce to thin it, then gently fold in remaining thirds of egg whites until just combined and slightly airy. Fill ramekins about twothirds full and bake on a tray for about 25 minutes until soufflés rise and brown on upper surfaces.

(Makes two to four small soufflés, or one medium soufflé, depending on size of ramekins.)

Make vinaigrette by combining all ingredients, except olive oil, in a mixing bowl. Slowly whisk in oil until vinaigrette emulsifies and season to taste.

Plate arugula, thin slices of red pear and a few shallot slivers, then dress with vinaigrette. Top with a sprinkling of toasted pecans. Carefully loosen soufflés from ramekins and turn out on a clean surface, then plate with salad and serve immediately.

(Soufflés will slowly fall upon removing them from oven, but don’t worry — they will still be delicious!)

Try serving this dish with buttery, medium-dry Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon.

Scallops with smoked salmon pasta carbonara 8 ounces spaghetti or linguini pasta 6 to 8 sea scallops, trimmed, salted 1/3 cup smoked salmon trimmings, cubed 2 medium shallots, chopped Wedge of lemon 2 garlic cloves, chopped 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 egg yolks 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated, plus extra 1 tablespoon heavy cream 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus extra Pinch red pepper flakes Set a large pot of salted water to boil. Combine egg yolks, Parmesan and cream in a small mixing bowl and set aside. In a medium skillet over medium heat, sweat shallots and garlic in two tablespoons of olive oil until translucent. Add smoked salmon, oregano, and red and black pepper, then cook for one to two minutes longer, until mixture smells of smoked salmon. Cover and set aside.

Cook pasta just less than instructions on box state.

Transfer about 2/3 cup of pasta water to skillet with salmon and return to medium-low heat, then drain pasta in sink over a large mixing bowl, warming the bowl. Transfer pasta to skillet with salmon mixture.

Toss to combine and cook for about four minutes.

While pasta is absorbing flavors, in a second skillet over medium-high heat, sear first side of scallops for three to four minutes. Turn scallops when bottoms have begun to caramelize, then add butter to their skillet. Spoon-baste tops of scallops with butter twice each during the next three to four minutes.

Empty and lightly dry warmed bowl, then transfer pasta to it. Fold egg mixture into pasta and combine until creamy and cheese has melted. Taste for seasoning, then plate with cooked scallops, and finish with a spritz of lemon juice, drizzle of olive oil and extra Parmesan. Makes two servings.

This rich dish is well suited to bright wines, like Sauvignon Blanc or dry Riesling.

Toasted Pinot Noir marshmallows Marshmallows: 3/4 cup Pinot Noir (or preferred mediumdry red wine) 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup water 3 1/4-ounce packets plain gelatin 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1/3 cup cornstarch

1 teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch of salt Toppings/sauces: 1/2 cup heavy cream 4 ounces bittersweet baking chocolate, chopped 1/2 cup tart cherries, pitted 1/3 cup red wine 1/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon orange zest 1/2 cup black walnut pieces, toasted, chopped Pinch of salt Prepare marshmallows in advance by combining gelatin and water in the bowl of a stand mixer.

Allow it to rest. In a heavy saucepan over high heat, combine wine, sugar, corn syrup and pinch of salt.

Boil syrup until bubbly and at a steady 240 degrees on a candy thermometer, then remove from heat.

Fit mixer with whisk attachment, turn it on low and slowly pour hot syrup down the side of the bowl into gelatin. Slowly increase mixer speed until it is on high — mix for 13 to 14 minutes, until bowl feels lukewarm on the outside.

While marshmallows are mixing, combine cornstarch and powdered sugar in a small bowl. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and transfer some of sugar mixture to pan and shake around to coat thoroughly.

Coat a silicone spatula with cooking spray and set aside.

When timer goes off, carefully add vanilla extract and continue mixing for one to two more minutes.

Using spatula, spread marshmallow cream into coated dish. Sprinkle top of marshmallows with more of powdered sugar mixture, cover loosely and rest for at least four hours to set up. Cut marshmallows into desired sizes with a knife or pizza cutter treated with cooking spray. Toss cut marshmallows in powdered sugar mixture to coat cut edges, shake off excess and store covered.

Before serving, prepare sauces. Make chocolate ganache by bringing cream to a full boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. When cream boils up, pour over chocolate in a mixing bowl and stir until thoroughly melted. Cover with plastic wrap touching surface and set aside to cool. In another medium saucepan, combine wine, cherries, orange zest and sugar over medium heat and reduce by about half. Allow cherry reduction to cool, then puree it with a blender or a hand blender.

To serve, spread chocolate ganache on bottoms of marshmallows, then dip them in chopped walnuts mixed with a pinch of salt. Plate as desired or reserve on parchment paper. Drizzle plate with cherry sauce and toast top of marshmallows with a kitchen torch (optional). This can also be done over another flame source before adding ganache. Serve while still slightly warm.

Enjoy the layers of this not-too-sweet dessert with a complex, yet welcoming, Beaujolais.

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