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.)

One of those flags that have my neighbors wondering, ‘What the heck is that one?’ The Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is an island in the North Irish Sea, exactly half way between England and Ireland. It is technically ‘ruled’ by the United Kingdom with the Queen of England called ‘The Lord of…

A fun fiction flag: The Vulcan Flag. The most recognized Vulcan being: Mr. Spock. Being an old Star Trek traveler, and since Spock was my favorite I needed to have the Vulcan Flag. It is a hard one to find so I mentioned to my dear Chinese daughter Chen that I couldn’t find it and…

In our 26 years in Colorado, we loved every moment we could spend in our neighbor to the North, Wyoming. In addition to the natural beauty of the land, it has always been a progressive place. The flag is a good flag, not fantastic because of the addition of the state seal. If it were…

I now have a regular group, including our trusty mailman, who walk by our house just to see what flag I have flying. A few months ago I put up a little sign that I change daily answering the question: ‘What Flag Is That?’ Todays flag: Tibet. The flag from a Vexillological standpoint, is rather…

Look for new subjects in our new location.

Ten years ago we took our grandkids to the Colorado Renaissance Festival. My good friend, Greg, had graciously given me his old D70 Nikon camera. It was the first ‘real’ camera I ever owned. It was an excellent piece of digital equipment. I started experimenting with settings right away. Now I could take hundreds of…

In the grand tradition of my mother, Betty Flanders…the famous Betty Flanders, I announce to the world: Happy Birthday to me. To quote Paul Simon, ‘How terribly strange to be seventy’. In lieu of large expensive gifts, please donate to The Poor Peoples Campaign and or Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA.

Jon Stewart’s script and direction are brilliant! It is the absolutely perfect time to watch this movie.

https://www.pbs.org/video/reading-frederick-douglass-k1rxco/

Back in 2016 we visited mainland China for one of those ‘once in a lifetime’ trips. We came to hug our Chinese ‘kids’ and to see the country they had told us about. In the city of Shenzhen, province of Guangdong, our dear ‘daughter’ Fanying took us to a cultural park that highlighted the history…