The Green Room

     The greenroom has three doorways, one to the mainhall, one to the front hall and winding staircase, and one to the upstairs porch. It was a hot summer night. My wife suffering from the heat decided to see if the porch off the Green room could offer any cooler conditions. As it was rather late at night the air was a bit cooler and a slight breeze helped. She says that as she sat there she heard the bedroom door open and footsteps up to the door leading to the porch; she then heard the screen door squeek as it was being opened. Thinking it was me she said,"Yessss, I'm out here; is something wrong?" Recieving no answer, she looked up and saw the screen door was closed. She immediately got up to see where I was. I was sound asleep; didn't hear about it until the next morning. Over the years, my wife has refused to sleep in the Green Room, even though the three-quarters size antique bed that once graced a room at the famous Zoar hotel, has a new mattress and is quite comfortable. Because of her work schedule, which often requires her to be up before dawn, she sometimes uses the Noah room because her getting up so early can get our dog going if she uses the masterbedroom. Even though the bed in the Noah room is less comfortable than the one in the Greenroom. The Noahroom got its name from my wifes collections of Noahs Ark figures and paintings that abound in that room. Which is tan and brown by the way.