Year: 2020

I was Thinking the other day about the difference in just doin’ your job and doing your job and then some. I was wondering if it could be said that the difference might mean just […]

I had an unusual experience while visiting Ayr Mount.  I met a fine artist from England. I’m not sure if he now lives here or was visiting. He just turned 80 and when I told […]

Did you ever go to describe something to somebody and as you did so you got a whole new look at what you were describing?  That happened to me the other day when I had […]

It was in mid-May, 1991 and I was on a small Air Canada scheduled flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia and as we approached for a landing there was a dense fog. The plane drifted down, […]

Greg’s Triumph at the Opera House.  I wrote a song I titled Graj Sale-ing back in 1997, Greg recorded it using but two of his many voices.  On this song I think we might have […]

I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal […]

One time early in my career as a professional speaker I had a call from the Iowa Hog Grower Association and they wanted me to do a banquet speech for their members at an annual […]

Over the years people have asked me, “Art, did you ever teach regular courses at schools and such? Nope, I have given many speeches and other presentations to students in classes at K-12 schools and […]

I believe that  right now, our American teachers are facing one of the most challenging times in American History. I’m praying for them. Thinking about teachers reminds me of a speech I made one morning […]