I got a nice call from Mr. Bradford yesterday wondering where I have been.  I thought retirement would give me time to do the things I wanted to do, like riding my trike and my horse...well, right after retirement my husband had some serious intestinal problems, twisted gut and hiatal hernia  ...we are currently dealing with those things-very painful - an endoscopy revealed a  polyp where polyps do not grow (???)  it has been quite a battle with my husband's health
 
I am also an artist AND as an artist, I started doing saddle stands featuring my equine art (you can see them at my website susanbarackman.freeservers.com) and they took off in popularity and I got many orders for them-some are being featured in the Mustang Million this week in Ft. W(we could not go due to hubby not feeling well) and on top of that....my trike tires stay flat and so....well, I have had very little time for riding, either my horse or trike...I hope events  smooth out some.  Thanks for your concern. Esbee in Paris