This seems like an appropriate place to say I'M BACK after quite a long absence and staring over again just like a Newbie. Same old Bruce, same points of contact, been through cancer and a heart attack and I'm a survivor of both so happy to be here among friends. Just to complicate life a bit more after all that my trusty Compaq laptop gave up the ghost after Windows 10 upgrade. Everything on the hard disk, and I mean all of the last 16 years of writing, drawing, genealogy and most of my photos & purchased patterns went off into the vapor with no decent backup.

As I start rebuilding this new PC I suppose this is a great opportunity to be rid of all the outdated programs and to better organize the data I will keep (and copy) this time because another loss like that could treat me to another heart attack.

I look forward to seeing what everyone is carving and will enjoy "talking" with all of you here on the Forum.

Fair winds All,
Bruce