A muzikal Thursday Three this week brings the following questions.

1. What instrument do you play?

Nothing. I wish I were musical and I can remember tunes well enough to sing them after only hearing them once or twice -- usually -- but I am not good at music. In fact, I'm not even good at singing. I should be an alto, but I cannot sing harmony. I have to be singing the main tune or I'm totally doomed.

2. Which one do you wish you could play if time and talent were not involved?

I would love to play acoustic guitar. As a family we love to sit around and sing with the kids of an evening and I would love to be able to pull out a guitar and accompany everyone. When I was little my dad would pull out his guitar and do that very thing. I still remember how neat that seemed to me then.

3. Have you ever taken lessons for an instrument or voice and how did it go?

I took violin lessons from fourth grade through eigth grade. I hated practicing though and did all I could to weasel out of it. I regret that now, but my younger self didn't care.