In case anyone noticed my absence (doubtful) I wanted to assure everyone I'm still vertical and ambulatory...And I'm certainly not mad at anyone here as I consider all who post (or just read) here to be valuable friends...I've had numerous new events demanding my attention, and since I didn't notice much response to new things I posted in the past couple of years, I thought it best to concentrate my efforts elsewhere...

Within the past several months I've been forced to deal with life-changing events (none of them joyful), and that has required much of my time and energy...I even had to curtail a project in my new "career" indefinitely...Two days ago another occurrence fell in my lap, and will take some time to resolve...

In looking around, I notice some old welcome faces re-emerging while others have disappeared (again)...Life goes on I suppose...To those who checked on me I'm very grateful, and I'll try to look in more often......Ben