Dean Norman

Dean Norman is a contributor to the Earlyjas Rag in Ohio. His writing and artwork has frequently appeared in The Syncopated Times.

Living to be 100

I never gave much thought to living to be 100 until I hit 90. Then I realized it was possible that I might live to

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Elevator Music

Each of them pushed the UP button, because they didn’t know if the others were going up. The doors opened. They entered. The doors closed.

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Sitting In

I showed Ralph a list of tunes I knew. He pointed at a squiggle and said, “What’s that?” “E flat. I only know that tune

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Try This on Your Piano

Try This on Your Piano

Dean Norman contributes a Christmas song he composed with the late Sister Jean Huling several years ago. He writes: “A few years ago, about 2005,

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