Thank you Leslie and Enzie!
The manufactured version of the easel (I used to make them myself) has been available for a little over 2 years, and although I've not become financially wealthy with them (nor did I expect to), I HAVE become rich in the pleasure that artists have expressed to me with the use of their easels. I'm probably not saying it properly, but it's similar to the thrill I get when someone buys a painting of mine. The money is great of course, but the "vote"(?) for the product after using the easel is a much warmer pleasure.
...that having been said, my wife Patti and I ARE using some of the money from easel sales to get out of snowy Denver and bask in the art and the WARMTH of Scottsdale this weekend