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.)

Gonna walk and talk; Gonna sing and shout; Gonna tell the world what it’s all about: on September 26, 2020, this cute couple will be married for 50 years.

I hope you have or have had a co-worker that you not only respected but thought, ‘I sure hope I can be like her/him.’ For me it was ‘Friar Guyer.’ I finally had the opportunity to work alongside him back in 1985. It was an honor to watch him relate to people and be a…

The 29th state admitted into the Union (1846), Iowa. It’s history always involved the fact that it has the richest soil in the world. Prior to the French Europeans coming to claim the land, Host Nation people lived here for 13,000 years. It drives it’s name from the Ioway Tribe . It was considered to…

Don’t just talk about it – do it. Make sure you are registered and ready to VOTE.

American Samoa. The unincorporated territory in the South Pacific Ocean. There are five main islands and it is the southernmost US territory. Almost the entire population is bilingual speaking English and Samoan. The history of American Samoa includes that unfortunate word: ‘Colonization’. Basically in 1900 the US began to understand the strategic advantage of having…

I do wonder what it is about Mackinac Island that draws Michiganders back over and over? It takes a boat ride to get there. There are no automobiles on the island. There are horses pulling people and supplies and defecting in the streets. The only way to get around the island is to hike or…

The Republic of Serbia, a part of my collection with a personal connection. Serbia is a landlocked country in Europe that boarders Hungary; Romania; Bulgaria; Macedonia; Croatia; Bosnia and Montenegro. People have inhabited this land since the Paleolithic age. The USA has a mere 244 years of history, this land has thousands of years of…

The fifth smallest, by land area, tenth least populated state: New Hampshire. A beautiful state in the Northeast. New Hampshire was the first colony to say to Great Britain, ‘ya, we aren’t a part of you anymore’, which they did in January 1776. If you have never seen this state in the fall, you have…

Basque Country, also known as The Basque Autonomous Community. It is the home of The Basque People. Therefore it is not exactly a country, more of a specific constellation of people. It is located in the Western Pyrenees straddling the boarder between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay The Basque…

And Tony is 94 years young.