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.)

Haley is on the varsity soccer team for Big Bear High School.  This week the team from Santa Ana came up to play a scrimmage game before Big Bear starts league play.  Santa Ana is a team that plays year around and they are very good.  They beat Big Bear 11-1.  But far more than the…

When I was a kid,  that is 60 years ago now, my hero, the guy I had lunch with every day, would have his weird puppet buddy, Pooky,  lip sync to someone and I soon learned his name: Mose Allison. The lyrics were funny and his delivery was so unusual it grabbed my attention right…

Music is such an important part of any Flanders’ life.  It is interesting how certain artists impress you and you remain ‘fans’ your whole life.  Denise and I used to listen to Leon Russell albums over and over.  After “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” we were hooked and loved everything that kooky Okie came out with.…

We spent the first part of the trip in Beijing with our dear sweet Chinese daughter Xinyi (remember, X is pronounced like “Sh”). We stayed in her apartment and she took us all over the capital city.  We also spent time with Xinyi’s good friend YU and our other sweet daughters Chen and Jing. Here…

I know I have been away from the blog for a long time. I have been involved in a course through the University of California to become a certified California Naturalist. The course was conducted by the Big Bear Discovery Center. It was a rigorous and fun college course. On Friday November 5th, I completed…

Scroll down to the video. Powerful stuff. http://www.upworthy.com/the-un-wants-to-help-refugees-in-an-incredible-call-to-action?c=upw1&u=25a2375f2982130d7700d6eafd1bfc779116def2

Great video. Scroll down and watch http://www.upworthy.com/these-hollywood-stars-want-you-to-help-them-save-the-day-this-november?c=upw1&u=ec899499c7653ca0d531333be1f90c5608f8df54

I took over 1100 pictures of our trip of a lifetime to mainland China.