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.)

Saint Helena is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory. The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its…

Scotland Football Club. Our granddaughter Haley taught us to love soccer – Everywhere else in the world it is called ‘Football’ . The word ‘soccer’ was most likely derived as an abbreviation for the formal title ‘association football’. “Modern football originated in Britain in the 19th century. Though “folk football” had been played since medieval…

…’always holding anticipative space for something beautiful to be born’.  Brian McLaren

Lethologica Definition: The inability to remember a particular word or name.

Never laugh at live dragons. Bilbo Baggins ‘The Hobbit’

“When I speak of wonder, I mean the practice of beholding the beautiful. Beholding the majestic—the snow-capped Himalayas, the sun setting on the sea—but also the perfectly mundane—that soap bubble reflecting your kitchen, the oxidized underbelly of that stainless steel pan. More than the grand beauties of our lives, wonder is about having the presence…

“The great task of religion is to keep us fully awake, alert, and conscious. Then we will know whatever it is that we need to know. When we are present, we will know the Presence. It is that simple and that hard. “ Richard Rohr

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The twentieth-century rabbi and theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel [1907–1972] wrote a lot about “radical amazement,” that sense of “wow” about the world, which he claimed is the root of spirituality. It’s the kind of thing that people often experience in nature—at the proverbial mountaintop, when walking in the woods, seeing a gorgeous view of the…

I was in Huntington Beach searching for a fast charger for my rented Mach E. I finally found a slow one so I settled for it. Waiting to get the Mustang up to 50% I became thirsty for a cuppa. I found a nice looking little local place and gave it a go. The barista…