My solution that fixed everything was to edit grbl’s config.h file, uncomment out the line ‘#define HOMING_FORCE_SET_ORIGIN’, and then recompile & upload grbl to the Arduino. Quick fix. I had been trying to get the position readout to show work coordinates instead of machine, but couldn’t make it happen. Now it works with Easel and with my own application that wants to see positive space to function. At some point, I may try again to get the G10 L2 to give me a positive space coordinates.
Thanks for the suggestions and assistance.