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.)

Street Musician No. 3  As in so many things, being a street musician is location, location, location.  If you can somehow be there early enough to score the coveted spot directly in front of the original Starbucks… need I say more?

Or maybe it is to share an exotic instrument in hopes of starting a conversation.  Or, perhaps to put out some music from home in hopes that someone may hear it across Central Park in New York City and come over and speak some Mandarin with you and talk about where your family is from.…

This is on my Instagram site also.  For years I have been taking photos of street musicians.  (It is what led me to my love and support of Playing For Change).  I have heard some wonderful musicians and some that were not so good.  Either way, I have wondered what prompts a person to grab…

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Entry 17: Late 64 into 65 Life became layered for me in late 1964.  I was busy with my work and things were going on all around me that would change everything about life as I knew it.  In many ways it was like what Peter, Paul and Mary then later Ritchie Havens sang about.…

Here in Big Bear the most common hummingbird we have is an Anna’s Hummingbird.  We have a feeder right outside our dinning room table and one on our front porch.  We get a lot of ‘traffic’ during these summer months. I found this fascinating video from The National Geographic folks. video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/170706-hummingbirds-anand-varma-slow-motion    

Under the category of ‘Finding Family’ Denise spent a week with her nieces recently.  Here are some nice shots of their adventures And a shot Denise took at the National Art Museum – My favorite shot.  Almost a perfect photo.  Composition and Technique.

President Carter was correct.  President Obama was correct.  Open relations with Cuba, it is the people who have been hurt.  Music, not politics.

(Photo in LA Times June 19 2017) We have been in Big Bear for exactly two years now.  Our first summer, and only a couple weeks after we moved here, we had the Summit Fire.  It was really interesting so see how the firefighters responded. On June 19th 2017, this week,  very close to where…

Entry 16 I am sure that every early adolescent kid thinks the world is revolving around them and the world is moving mighty fast.  In 1964 I was 14 years old.  It seemed to me that 1964 was setting the stage for changes for not only me, but the entire world.  For me, 1964 set…