I just thought I'd let you know that I'd read your posting -- and also to let you know to call me at work (612) 821-6570, or home (612) 827-7121 to borrow that beaten-up nylon-string guitar for the Folk Festival. Melody Trainor talks sometimes as though she is very sure of herself, but some things that she mentions never come to pass; for instance, she hasn't lifted a finger toward learning to play the guitar, and if I'd known that, I would never have asked for the guitar back in the first place. So you can have it right away and keep it as long as you need to, and most emphatically play it at the Festival!

I am glad to hear from you always. I'm impressed by the four-mile jog, too; I'm doing once per night around the block, and only abuot 2/3 of that am I actually running instead of walking. But I think the next thing I'll try will be going around the block once when I first get home from work (8-ish) and then again a little later (10:30- ish) and eventually do it three or four times. My weight is melting off (16 pounds in the last three months) but I want to lose more of it, and faster.