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From my good friend, Brett McKay, and his excellent website and podcast: “The Art of Manliness” here is great information on something that applies to everyone: Be a “Regular” Guy: Tips for Improving Your Daily Constitutional

Entry 13 The whole decade thing began with the beginning of my second decade.  I was born in 1950, now in 1960 life was about to begin to move very quickly and major things were in the imminent future.  My Dad somehow wrested control away from my Mom and he made some interesting decisions in…

The same beach, a different year.

It was a great success and an almost illegal amount of fun to have so many Flanders in one place.  Bonnie, Michelle, Michael, Leon, Amy, Haley, Ryan, Brody, Denise and myself celebrated what it meant to be a Flanders.  We all assembled in Big Bear and a good time was had by all. Here is…

An important message about something folks can forget about during the hot months of summer from a well spoken legal adviser. http://www.tapellalaw.com/video/the-illinois-humane-care-for-animals-act.cfm Oh, by the way, Al is our nephew.  Strong work Al.  

I have had fun and felt a part of things by volunteering for the Southern California Mountain Foundation and the San Bernardino National forest.  I was surprised and honored to see this in the Big Bear Grizzly.

Entry 12 When I was 10 years old, it was a momentous year.  My life in East Ann Arbor was coming to an end and big changes for the entire family were imminent.  It didn’t affect Van as much as it consumed Bonnie and I. By this time even at an early age, Van was…

We wanted to visit more National Parks so we thought that as long as we live here, we should drive up to Yosmite.  It is a little over 6 hours to drive there from Big Bear but we took the scenic route, (around 8+ hours) to visit one of the most famous National Parks.  Here are…

For Brody’s 2016 Trip, we took him over his spring break to an Airbnb in Romona California for a few days, then went on to San Diego.  At the place in Romona, the owner, a very interesting lady, had animals walking everywhere.  Almost all were rescues from someplace. Here is a picture of Riley, a…