An upstairs room needs painting. The room is quite cozy, with attractive floors and a view of trees and neighboring yards. It will take an afternoon, two at most, to prep and paint the room behind the pretty windows. Painted, the room might be comfortably used as a small, sunlit study. Downstairs, in the kitchen, beneath knives in a drawer, lies a manila envelope holding paint chips.
Colors range from the cool whites and baby blues to lemon yellows and delicate salmons.
I shouted at my Pancake House table companions. He sounded genuinely concerned and also a little frightened. It was true. There's a two-dollar charge for combination plates. Rebecca had such a sweet manner.