Nancy Thomas, the Yorktown folk artist who also wrote a lovely cookbook a while back, noted that she loved to paint cakes because she loved to eat cake, but couldn't do that anymore. I prefer painting things other than cake and thankfully haven't had anyone tell me I can't eat it - all things in moderation, I say! So ...it's the first Friday of a double birthday month in our house. The sun is shining, I am about to repaint a crummy looking rocker, and I have more cocoa and ch