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.)

“Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”   Winston Churchill 

…”learning to say, “I don’t know” is a portal to freedom” Anne Lamott

Refrain:O praise Him! O praise Him!Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Thou rushing wind that art so strong,Ye clouds that sail in heav’n along,O praise Him! Alleluia!Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice,Ye lights of evening, find a voice! Thou flowing water, pure and clear,Make music for thy Lord to hear,O praise Him! Alleluia!Thou fire so masterful and bright,That…

While digesting Reader’s DigestIn the back of a dirty book store,A plastic flag, with gum on the back,Fell out on the floor.Well, I picked it up and I ran outsideSlapped it on my window shield,And if I could see old Betsy RossI’d tell her how good I feel. Chorus:But your flag decal won’t get youInto…

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Duwamish Chief Si’Ahl, (namesake of the Seattle, Washington)

“My work is loving the world… Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.” ~ Mary Oliver 

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned in life: It goes on. Robert Frost

In 1936, President Franklin D Roosevelt declared April 6th ‘Army Day’. It is not to be confused with the ‘birthday’ of the Army, June 14th. Roosevelt stated it was a day to honor and remember the people who served in this branch of service. I was an ROTC student at Eastern Michigan University. I still…

The Canadian Indigenous Flag. [gelgapota]. The designer, Mulidzas, (Curtis Wilson), of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation near Campbell River, called his now famous creation in 2005 “standing together in support of each other.” The flag with swimming salmon on the sides and orca inside a maple leaf is significant in the wake of discoveries…

The oldest known American Flag: Bedford Massachusetts. Bedford is found in Middlesex County, (the greater Boston Area.) It was ‘founded’ in 1640. Up to this point there were no flags or seals in our young nation’s life. With the Bedford Flag, 47 years before the birth of The United States, the country had it’s inaugural…