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Art Fettig’s Obituary
Arthur J. (Art) Fettig, Jr, 91, of Hillsborough, NC passed from this life May 18, 2021, after a long and healthy life ended with several major health issues attacking him in his final 6 months. […]
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Great Grand Parents
Our granddaughter Michelle made us Great Grand Parents over a year ago and then she took a career move to Europe, stealing that precious little guy right out of Jean’s arms. Then we joined Skype […]
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The I Love You Waltz
Here is the chorus of a song I wrote in 1999. It is a slow waltz and you don’t stumble onto many new waltzes these days. Chorus I love you, I love you, It’s you […]
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Never Being Poor Again
Many, many years ago when our family was young and needy I heard about a way to never be poor again. I decided to try it. I guess you could say it was a sort […]
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Obsolescence
Many, many years ago when I had the opportunity to give some talks in the classroom of my friend and mentor, Dr. Herb True, the students were told that much of what they learned would […]
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Have a dream
As I watched a number of Americans receive their gold medals my thoughts went back to that wonderful Broadway Musical South Pacific and to a song sung by that big ole tough woman they called […]
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Re Imagining
Watching a Ted Talk one day I discovered Sir Ken Robinson, a leading thinker on transforming education. He argues that the education system should focus less on standardized testing and more on developing an environment […]
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B.S. Alert
Recently I watched both the Republican and then the Democratic National Conventions and I listened to and studied the speakers and it suddenly hit me as I watched Bill Clinton speaking, just how far the […]
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Our Frirst Newsetter
I remember the day I first started writing a newsletter. It was in 1988 and I had just returned from the National Safety Congress at McCormick Place in Chicago. As I recall I had done […]
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Lord make us instruments of Thy peace.
“Lord make us instruments of Thy peace.” This idea came to me recently as I watched a press conference involving those police leaders in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the murder of three policemen. One opened […]