My name is Lee and live near Port Huron MI. I guess my facination with using yeast started from brewing beer 20 some years ago, although I haven't in a long while. From there it went to baking bread the direct method, then to sourdough but I would let the starter die fom lack of use I guess. At that point I started mostly using the sponge method and have a formula that converts any bread recipe into a sponge method.  I recently acquired a very accurate scale and am looking forward to making a more consistant loaf by weighing the ingredients, thats why I am here. I am pretty good at using my hands to tell if the dough seems right But, I still get a flop every now and then and that irritates me hehe. This looks like a great site and I will be hanging around here alot now that it's getting colder outside and smoking meat (another passion) will really slow down. So winter time is baking time .