deliriouslove1970. The life & times of Gary and Denise Flanders. (Free and worth every penny. If you would like to compliment the editor, send to garytheflan@deliriouslove1970.com. If you would like to complain, call your mother.)

“Don’t let your education get in the way of your learning. I was educated once and it took me years to get over it.” Mark Twain

No wise person ever wanted to be younger. NATIVE AMERICAN APHORISM

The Crew His name was Chesley B. Sullenberger the Third Which for a pilot sounds absurd. A pilot’s name should be Buzz, Bill, or Chuck But a name like Chesley may mean good luck. He was flying an Airbus out of New York When at 3,000 feet the engine lost torque. His voice was calm…

Wiltshire (/ˈwɪlt.ʃər, -ʃɪr/ abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershireto the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east and south, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west. The largest settlement is Swindon, and Trowbridge is the county town. Undulating chalk down lands characterize much of the county. Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalkhills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to…

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south,Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east. Occupying 652,864 square kilometers (252,072 sq mi) of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Human habitation…

“Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelagic country in the central Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. It consists of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres (1,557 sq mi). These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometres (370 and 530 miles) west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa, after which…

Mama, I’m telling youAs sure as I am standing hereShe’s my girl, and that’s the wayI’m keeping it, now mama, dear No good will it do youTo stand there and frown at meThe girl’s got my heartAnd my love’s comin’ down on meMy love’s comin’ down since IGot a taste of wild honey (Sweet, sweet,…

When I first started collecting flags I decided to fly the flag of the home state of whichever family member’s birthday it was. Today is my girlfriend/wife’s birthday. Today she turns 21 emotionally, 75 chronologically. She is as vibrant, silly, and beautiful as the day I met her 56 years ago. I have definitely ‘married…

The Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation composed of islands, atolls and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is another place where despite there being humans there for thousands of years, once England found it to be of strategic importance it well…took it. It was a good port to stop at while in…

Malaysia. A Federal Constitutional Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Another country colonized first by Portugal, then The Dutch and finally ‘stolen’ by Great Britain. After it gained it’s independence from the English in 1957, it reorganized as The Federation of Malay. The name “Malaysia” is a combination of the word “Malays” and the Latin-Greek suffix “-ia“/”-ία“which…