Computers are still an expensive hobby. I now have one desktop and one laptop, with all of my special bells and whistles for use as a visually-impaired person. Those two pieces of software alone cost $2000, and the Braille display alone cost $5000. I was lucky to have those paid for initialy by vocational grants, but the maintenance and upgrades are expensive.

I seem to be collecting musical instruments, and that is not cheap.

Many of the books I get now are "free" on the Internet. That, at least, is a good thing.

Teresa