Articles by Art Fettig

Going in for a haircut this morning sure took me back a long ways. My barber was a lady from Thailand and as I sat watching her cut my hair my mind went back sixty […]

In the fall of 1975 I received a call from the Michigan Petroleum Association. President Gerald Ford had promised when he was a Michigan Senator that he would be their banquet speaker at their upcoming […]

When asked for his definition of hell one brilliant, talented, fantastic achiever I encountered said, “Hell is a place where you are shown all of the awesome talents and abilities and opportunities to use what […]

“I did not come to my fundamental understanding of the universe through my rational mind. I often think in music.” Albert Einstein     When I read that quote it started me thinking about how many […]

Did you ever get just so grateful about something or somebody that the joy just came out in a big smile. It is a bit like getting into a laughing situation where you just can’t […]

In 1976, fairly early in my creative career I had the honor of making a presentation at  Buffalo University’s Creative Problem Solving Institute on the topic “Humor and Creativity.”  My mentor, Herb True, PhD who […]

I was cleaning out a drawer upstairs in my music room when I came upon two boxes of Swan Safety Pins. ½ Great Gross in each box. They were manufactured in Shanghai, China.  Two boxes, […]

Some people I know collect postage stamps. Others collect rare coins.  Baseball players cards were popular when I was a kid and you got them in bubble gum  package. Me?  I collect eagles. Just swivlin’ […]