Dick, I hope your wife's fall didn't cause any serious injury, I can understand how you feel about leaving her side. Hopefully, she'll be alright in no time, it's not a good time of year to be down. We will put her on our prayer list, but, we'll have to call her Dick's wife, I'm sure that will be ok.
Dick, regarding attending a sale. You get to know people, and what they like to see. Plus, you can give details on how you make things, people like to know that. And they like to talk to the person who is behind the products, it made them feel like they knew me which helped sales a lot. Plus, it made me feel good hearing what they thought of my work, and it's a good place to get some idea of what to cut next.
Len