New norms, social distance, mask and quarantine Over a year debates Pre-pandemic, pandemic, post-pandemic Over a year debates Return to normal… Where is the normal? @Maritza – Hour Seven

My son-in-law died of Covid. I wrote his obituary. I sent flowers. I didn’t go to his funeral. I knew it wasn’t normal. The governor was at Jerad’s funeral, without a mask. He shook hands with my grandsons who had tested positive for the virus….

House of Nerds Normal is a house of nerds      a book character best friend latest novel as conversation starter       a ten-year old recognizes the tropes  Normal is a house where music       is poetry, reciting lines of Shakespeare…

who sets the standard for normal as a child your parents it is not normal: to hate peas to wear your hair like that to  like be alone to like girls instead of boys   in college your peers determine it is normal to be…

What is normal? Sharing a pillow with your cat. Walking barefoot to school. Eating hamsters roasted on a stick. Buying jewelry for your guest. Eating peanuts in a restaurant and throwing the shells on the floor. Watching a movie at a drive-in theater. Kissing on…

drops of juicy fruit run unchecked down fingers to drip from chins and land sticky, sweet on sun-warmed skin

Apparently, it happens slowly. At first, it’s just a little — hardly noticeable. “How did this get so warped?” Pulling away the hard outer layers. Uncover the damage — wet, black mold. This cancer is eating away at our home. Waiving the white flag of…

I opted for a different take on the text prompt. The question has been raised: N or Mal? Well, mal is bad— but then Mal can be a pal (ask the Beatles) getting the word out and getting things done and without it a polar…

Normal as a metaphor beguiling and loose swaying with the demographic trailing the caboose. 12 steps call them “normies” those people who we think are free from all the consequence addiction and the drink can bring. Normal as a metaphor a programming, a box…. Oiling…

Normal is a cobweb A zombie a tomb Normal sedates people Who without knowing it Rot in concrete cells of normal Run from normal Fear that unsettling illusion That barren tree in darkness growing no fruit That madman murdering your children Oh, the only cure…