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.)

A fun fiction flag: The Vulcan Flag. The most recognized Vulcan being: Mr. Spock. Being an old Star Trek traveler, and since Spock was my favorite I needed to have the Vulcan Flag. It is a hard one to find so I mentioned to my dear Chinese daughter Chen that I couldn’t find it and…

The western state of Colorado. Host Nation people have lived here for 13,000 years. It was named by Spanish ‘explorers’ Colorado after the Rio Colorado River (The red River). It became a state of August 1, 1876. The flag is a bicolor horizontal triband composed of blue (the blue skies), white (the snow capped mountains)…

The National Women’s Rights Flag. It is closely associated with the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the early 1900s, leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. The colors began to take shape early in the movement. Purple, White, and Gold became the symbols and appeared on various designs throughout the…

There is all manner of teaching that happens during a lifetime. A small amount happens in a classroom and with written material. The vital learning comes from watching and observing. I am grateful for this time of life when I can reflect on my education. My grandfather, Carl Rossbach, was a Master Teacher. What did…

Uncle Al was sort of a Jean Valjean character. He was undoubtedly the strongest man I have ever known. In the early 1920s he defended the honor of his mother in a bar fight. He hit a man once and there after was ‘recruited’ to play baseball for the State Prison team. Albert Flanders was…

What do you do when you become the guardians of your family’s story? I understand it is specific to an age stage of life. You become the last ones in line and you must decide: what do I do with all of these old photos? Are my children interested in hearing the stories that accompany…

Malaysia. A Federal Constitutional Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Another country colonized first by Portugal, then The Dutch and finally ‘stolen’ by Great Britain. After it gained it’s independence from the English in 1957, it reorganized as The Federation of Malay. The name “Malaysia” is a combination of the word “Malays” and the Latin-Greek suffix “-ia“/”-ία“which…

The greatest realm of Men in the West of Middle-earth at the end of the third age: Gondor. J.R.R Tolkien named it Gondor which translates in his fictional language as ‘Land of Stone’. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anarion. From a once powerful place it fell into ruins due to allies of…

That is what happens when you start going through your Mom’s stuff. I am thinking…this is a keeper.