Back to Normal

Forty three years ago we were playing Bridge with an elderly couple in one of our many Bridge Groups and they told us about this great house their friends were selling.   An hour later they had a disagreement over one of their hands and she slapped him so hard he fell off his chair!

I will never forget that night.  It was the only time I ever saw a Bridge game totally escalate into physical violence and it was the night we learned about our first home.

The house had many quirks, so many I could write a whole thought on them, but the best thing everyone teased us about was the fact that it was in Normal, Illinois.  We were finally Normal people!

Normal is actually a very good place to live -- for many reasons.  When I came back here after moving around through Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, I settled in Bloomington, which is the same city, but different governments, different water, and no Normal people.

Today I began my move back to Normal.   By this time next week I will be there, lock, stock, and barrel.