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.)

The State flag of New Jersey. The mid-Atlantic state that was one of the original 13 colonies to rebel against the crown. So much of the Revolutionary War was fought in New Jersey it became known as ‘The Cross Roads of The Revolution’. The Host Nation people who lived there were the Lenape before they…

An island country in the Lesser Antilles: Curacao. It is not independent, but is a ‘constituent country’ in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The name Curaçao derives from the Spanish map that referred to the people who lived there as ‘Indios Caqueto’. With a lower case ‘c’ Curaçao is a cordial flavored with the peel…

The state of New York. Another state flag that could be described as a blue bedsheet with the state seal slapped on the middle. The flag was adopted in 1901. The coat of arms was adopted in 1778. Due to the history of the coat of arms and it’s design (busy but distinct) I would…

The Republic of Kenya. A country in Eastern Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. The country was colonized by various European nations before gaining it’s independence in 1963.…

The Commonwealth of Dominica. [Not to be confused with The Dominican Republic]. It is an island country in the Caribbean. It’s ‘nickname’ is ‘Nature Isle of the Caribbean’ for it’s lush vegetation and rare plants and animals. It was formed by geothermal volcanic activity. It contains the second largest hot spring in the world called…

The 30th state to join the union…wait for it…Wisconsin. Part of my collection because it falls into the category of ‘Places we have lived’. The state flag is a truly ugly flag, it can be described as a ‘blue bedsheet with the state seal slapped on it’. And the state seal is a hodge podge…

The ‘Resist’ flag from my friends at Flags For Good. It opens the new year with a perfect example of the concept and logic of flag design. To have a symbol of something you want to emphasize and have it be a ‘good flag’ takes some thought. The idea of resisting the wrong – standing…

I asked Denise if she would take a brisk walk with me the other day. In southeast Michigan there is a wonderful system of “Metropolitan Parks’. We drove to the Lake Saint Clair Metro Park in search of migrating Snowy Owls. After almost 45 minutes Denise said this is not what she had in mind…

Now is the time to get outside and find that place where you can walk and see the hidden gems in your town. We have all been scared to be around people, go find some birds and squirrels to see what they are up to.

Back when the universe meant something we used to listen to music by pushing a piece of plastic into a machine. Now-a-days music comes out of thin air. Back then it was embedded onto a hunk of plastic called a compact disc. After experimenting with putting sounds on miles of tape wound around a little…