Skip, Though you may not remember me, we met, at your octagonal house when I worked at the Public Museum and asked you to head up the production team and be the lead designer for the scale furniture factory model in The Furniture City exhibit. The end result was a remarkable piece of teamwork and artistry.
Though I now live in Maryland (I'm a U.S, Park Ranger at Antietam National Battlefield) I visited Grand Rapids this past July and while there took some time to revisit the exhibit and the model, both of which still seem to be going strong.
Your Arcadia and Betsey River set up is a marvel of engineering, artistry and imagination and must provide you with an enormous amount of satisfaction.
Though not modeling as much as when I met you, I still keep my hand in the 54mm world of toy soldiers (http://toysoldiersforever.blogspot.com) which keeps me quite young at heart.
I hope all is well with you and that you have a very happy new year.