Jane's found her string stash, the tuner still works, and I'm taking up the 12 a few times a day to get my fingers to re-form their calluses. It's amazing: if you've had good calluses in the past, you just need to insult your fingers a little to get the callus to start re-forming. And boy, are my fingers soft.

It's been so long I've forgotten all my fingerings, though am-em still comes back. I almost remember g. But this time I am going to try to learn to pick: I'm not too bad in waltz time...