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Are we numb to another mass shooting?  Here are the words Denise and Gary use at the news that is a regular occurrence in our country: This is why we support the organization “Every town Gun Safety”

Entry 5 And now for a short musical interlude There is no doubt that the music of Flanders Music was my Mom:  Betty Jane (Rossbach) Flanders.  A few years after my Dad was born in Chasely North Dakota just to the south in the other Dakota, my Mom was born in Alcester.  She was the…

Here is what Bernie is campaigning for and it is why Denise and I are Bernie people: Income and wealth inequality: In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth — worse than at any time since the 1920s. In terms of income, more…

On Saturday September 26, 2015 it is our 45th wedding anniversary.  I looked up what is the correct present to give your spouse for that year.  The right present is a 1930 Ford Coupe.  I think Denise will love it.  (Don’t tell her, it is a surprise.)

Entry 4 In considering the history of any event, there are a myriad of side stories.  How something came to be is not a straight line.  Life is not linear, it is circuitous. Dad’s dirt basement TV repair shop was part of a life of ‘jerry rigging’ events and circumstances to make life work.  The one…

Entry 3 Another reason I will have 3240 forever imprinted on my memory is because my Dad had a business card that said: “Flanders Radio and TV  3240 Nordman Road Ann Arbor”.  On the card was a drawing/picture of a vacuum tube box.  Aha, this was indeed impressive for a kid.  To see your family name on…

We have been coming up to Big Bear for about 10 years now.  Every chance we got we came to see the grandkids.  It seems like every time we came Leon or someone would tell us about the wild donkeys.  The story was that in the old gold mining days prospectors would have donkeys for…

Entry 2 Everyday in the morning when you get up and you crawl out of bed And you crawl out of bed and you crawl out of bed Everyday in the morning when you get up and you crawl out of bed And you look at the moon where the window is And the stars…

Entry 1 It is only right that I write this.  After all I was there for the whole thing.  And, sadly to say, I am the only one remaining.  Bonnie hated the store, it took her family away from her.  I loved the store, it was my lover and companion for 10 years.  At most…

We were at Brody’s birthday party when we smelled smoke and knew something was wrong.  An ominous Forrest fire had broke out about 7 miles from our house.  Big Bear is a ski resort town with beautiful forests surrounding the whole place.  The blaze began between two of the main ski runs (have not heard how it…