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No root cellar here either, but I do use the part of the crawlspace area that I can reach from the tiny access panel in the floor.


While growing up, I lived in a historic home with a Michigan Basement. There were three rooms down there; the first was for laundry and storage, the second for the furnace, and one tiny room that must have been designed for food storage. It had bricked walls, the obligatory dusty low-wattage bulb, and nothing else. No windows, a very snug-fitting walk-in door and a packed-dirt floor. Once I grew weary of the oft-repeated idea that I'd be sent there if I misbehaved, I decided that I'd spend time alone in there anyway; just in case. It soon became my special hiding place when I was confined to the house, as no one else ventured near it if the light was off. I'd nestle in there with a good book and read while listening for the opening of the door at the top of the stairs; it always and forever stuck, no matter what was done to it, so I had advance warning if anyone was headed my way. Even though I can't recall us using the space much for food stuffs, it still taught me a lot about conquering some of my fears. It was a good place. I can't say as I'd ever want to live in that house and be a "Townie" again, but I sure wouldn't mind having that room now.

Thanks for bringing back the memories with the sharing of your wonderful story.