Wow. Thank you so much for the warm welcome back. I couldn't believe how many kind replies I got to this thread when I looked this morning.
In answer to a few of the questions, yes, I did have cataract surgery in both eyes, one in January and one in March. I had a few complications with the first one that made me pretty nervous, but it's all resolved now, and the second one went fine. So I can see great now.
Tools? I haven't added anything big since I was here last. I got a palm router, and a few more planes (which I still don't know how to use all that great).
I spent most of the summer outside nursing a bunch of new trees that I planted.
Son came to visit for a couple of months
and daughter has left for grad school. Had a couple of funerals and a couple of weddings.....
I actually moved some saws outside to work in the sun occasionally and use the fresh air and grass method of dust collection. My spalted maple is drying well, and I'm using some now for the first time in a table I'm building. First table ever, and I'm sure some of you will grimace when you see some of the things I'm doing, but oh well, experience is a great teacher....along with you folks....
Thank you for the warm greeting,
cynthia