Abbey Normal

It's our birthday! Abbey Normal is ONE YEAR OLD. We were mere ignorant bebes in 2019. Do you feel the same? Let's talk unemployment, the politics of the desperate, and learning how to give all the shits about other people. (With a celebratory pile of white claws on the front lawn.)

A year ago on the 4th of July I posed this elementary school style question: What's your favorite thing about America? Do the answers I got then still hold up? 

If you have feelings about Ryan Gosling's butt in that one scene in The Notebook does that mean anything in particular? Doms been figuring that out while Kileys been throwing back fakers on Bumble. Like, WOW!

As a biracial child in West Virginia, M was always the odd-ball out. No friends to sit with at lunch, no seats for her on the bus. But this is no sad tale. She discovers her wild & wonderful life and claims the home that made her.

Welcome to the lil island of Catalina, California. Sunshine, waves, and stories infused with wine.

Lety expresses a new emotion - "Livid" -  during an All-Company Zoom meeting.

Families choose to take their shelter on the road - makin memories, learnin lessons, and remaking themselves as they go.

Remember how fun going places was? We talk to an OG Lyft driver about her experience providing an essential service: transportation + bartender-style therapy.

We're in this together. So this story is about a hippy chick who joined an extreme team, and what happens when the shiteth hath hit the faneth. 

What do humans and birds and STDs have in common? We're talking about avian disease and the humans who unintentionally come into contact with it. Plus, attempting to get healthcare in an ag town.