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.)

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.

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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…

Denise became my neighbor 50 years ago. My mother, the famous Betty Flanders, was so anxious to introduce the new neighbor to her son that she burst into my bedroom while I was still asleep. We had a long engagement, slightly less than 3 months, and are still crazy after all these years. It has…

Once the pause button is released after this pandemic, classic car shows will be back. This shot of ‘Taking Pictures of People Taking Pictures’ didn’t fit on Instagram. The Fun Run in Big Bear California brought hundreds of cool classic cars and thousands of people to this SoCal Mountain town.

This ranks as my favorite photo I have ever taken. In 2013 we took our Granddaughter to New York City for her 13th birthday trip. It was her choice – we said ‘Where would you like to go?’ She didn’t hesitate saying she had thought about New York for a long time. We stayed in…

This ranks as my number one or two favorite photos I have ever taken. In the fall of 2016 we visited our ‘Chinese Kids’ at their homes in mainland China. On our first full day in Beijing we stayed with our dear ‘daughter’ Xinyi in her apartment in the city. She had to work so…