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.)

Between my time as a Docent at the Denver Zoo and a Naturalist here in the San Bernardino Forest, I have been doing ‘tours’ for close to 20 years. I take consciously what I am doing. It is all based on a relationship. It is more than a mere ‘if they like me they will…

It has been exactly six months since my blood pressure went haywire zapping the Right sixth cranial nerve which made me see double. For a while I tried wearing an eye patch. After thousands of pirate jokes I switched to a stick on prism patch on the right lens of my glasses, this tricks my…

A genuine smile when your buddy gets introduced at the 8th grade continuation. [Grandson Brody smiling for his buddy Gage]

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We have lived in Southern California for 4 years.  In our part of this amazingly diverse state we have had a long draught period.  Everywhere in California the draught is over, but not here in the Bear Valley. This year we had a decent winter with a good amount of snow and then early spring…

Even as a kid I thought there was something special about mud. I could tell it was a building material and yet there was something more about it. Living in a dry climate that has been in the 9th year of severe drought I don’t get to see it that often. Water and dirt…brings out…

Entry 21 Dad and I ‘ran’ the store for 3 weeks while Mom stayed home with Gramma and Bonnie.  Gramma’s life had come apart and she remained numbly devastated for this initial period and pretty much the rest of her life. Mom’s personality took over and she became the ‘take charge’ leader of her family…

Being modern, hip baby boomers, we are proud to present, digitally, the first ever Gary and Denise, ‘aint we neat’, compendium of what we did for an entire year.  Meant to enlighten and make you jealous, here is the 48th year of Denise’s boyfriend and Gary’s girlfriend. We have been the retired grandparents of Haley,…