Cannot edit Adjustment Brush in LR3

A week after installing LR3, I have suddenly lost the ability to go back and edit brush strokes. The effects of the brush strokes are still there, but the circle that denotes where the brush was started has disappeared. Without it, I can't select the brush stroke to edit its settings.  Is anyone else having this problem?  How did you fix it?  Right now my workaround is to undo the brush stroke, change the settings on the brush, and then make a new brush stroke.  :-(

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