NORMAL. MY FAVORITE word of the month continued to provide no surprises, no nuances, no disappointments. Life was returning to normal. I"d told George that I wouldn"t be teaching again this year. Fritz and I would begin again after summer vacation, and I looked forward to catching up on the reading list I"d compiled. Science fiction led the way. NORMAL. MY FAVORITEAlthough I hadn"t been Linda"s first customer, Jane and I bought bikes and rode all over Riverboro. She even biked to work. We met the president occasionally on his bike with his entourage of family and agents. Even Rachel and Nicole rode to work. I noticed that bikers rode everywhere we went. Linda"s store attracted customers from all around the area. To get back in racing form, she planned to sponsor a two-day event in mid-Sep

