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.)

When we lived inMetro Detroit we discovered the most exciting sports team in the ‘Motor City’. The Detroit City Football Club (DCFC). DCFC is part of the Independent Soccer League and is old fashioned, European style ‘football’ (Soccer to us Americans.) The stadium, Kenworth field in Hamtramck, is a traditional wooden stands, real grass, raucous…

An excellent example of the process of flag redesign: ‘The Peoples Milwaukee Flag’. Individuals decided that the flag of the city of Milwaukee needed a radical ‘do-over’. They went about designing a modern good flag for the city. In 1954 the city adopted the city flag. They threw everything they could think of onto a…

The Argentine Republic (Argentina). The country in South America that shares the Southern Cone of SA with Chile. It also claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and a few other islands. It’s name is not from Spanish, but was originally from the Italian for ‘made of silver.’ The flag is a simple,…

The State flag of New Jersey. The mid-Atlantic state that was one of the original 13 colonies to rebel against the crown. So much of the Revolutionary War was fought in New Jersey it became known as ‘The Cross Roads of The Revolution’. The Host Nation people who lived there were the Lenape before they…

Here are some hints: *Flag from a country in North America. *Has been changed 27 times since it’s first ideation. *It has been the official flag for 61 years. *It was designed by a musician who wrote satirical songs, the most famous of which was “The Battle of The Kegs”, this person also invented a…

When I was in my mid-60s I came to the realization that whenever I would be talking to someone, or attempting to explain something to anyone, I would use a story. Without being conscious of it, it was my voice saying, …’Ya know, I remember one time years ago…’ Upon further reflection, old people do…

The Buddhist Flag. “Buddhism is an Indian religion based on a series of original teachings attributed to Gautama Buddha”. It originated in India somewhere between the 4th and 6th Century. It is the fourth largest religion in the world with 7% of the population practicing some form of it’s teachings. “As expressed in the Buddha’s…

It is with great pleasure, I fly the flag of our namesake: Flanders. It is the Dutch speaking northern portion of Belgium. It is ‘Vlaandeeren’ in Dutch; ‘Flandre’ in French and ‘Flandern’ in German. The capital is The City of Brussels. It is not the largest, in land area, of Belgium, but it does have…

Pride Progress. During Pride Month the question remains, what is the progress and support for the world view that maintains that ‘Love Is Love’? The Pride Progress flag was designed by Daniel Quasar in 2018. The flag places 5 half sized stripes in an arrow shape to represent Trans and non-binary individuals, marginalized people of…

The Royal Banner of Scotland. Also called the Red Rampant Lion Flag. It represents the Royal (Monarchy) Family of Scotland. Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom, covering the northern third of Great Britain. It is a difficult concept for us in the US to think about a country within a country. The name…