Normal?

 Is there such a thing as normal or is it just a state of mind?    No doubt our social life these days is Zero, except for an occasional chat with a neighbor along the gravel road we share, or meeting someone we know in the local Bi Mart while shopping.    If it was not for the Internet we might be classified as hermits.   With this pandemic traveling beyond the local community seems out of the question, even Roseburg is becoming like a foreign country.    Just doing the monthly trip to Costco, north of Roseburg is a great adventure these days.    It is entertaining seeing all the different types of masks people are wearing in the stores, some look legitimate others look marginal like handkerchiefs or rags.    Even with the prospect of a vaccine in the near future the question arises about how effective it will be, especially for us older folks?  The annual flu shot is only 30 to 40% effective as my doctor informed me.  Probably wearing that mask for the long-term may be the way to avoid it all with or without a vaccine.    As I learned years ago there is no perfect or normal in this world.   Sometime the only escape from it all is going to the hammock, listening to the sounds of nature and enjoying a good beer.