Articles by Art Fettig

It is just January 2nd as I write this but this is my third day of high productivity. I cheated and started early. First thing I did was weigh myself. WOW! what a great day […]

Here I go again! I don’t know about you but it seems like every year, a few days after Christmas I get all antsy and I feel compelled to write down a whole bunch of […]

I watched the movie version of the classic musical “The Music Man” recently.  I watch it about once a year just to keep my energy up. The Star is Robert Preston and gosh, does he […]

Wife, Jean’s aunt Estelle Goodwin of Dunn, North Carolina was lookin’ great, her mind was sharp and she was on her feet for at least a half an hour and movin’ like a young lady, […]

“The greatest untapped resource we have in this world is the human potential.” I’ve said that many times in many situations and I’m not certain who said it first but it is a mighty challenging […]

It was mid October 1952 and I was an officer’s records clerk in the 99th Field Artillery, a private first class on a Landing Ship Troops (LST)  headed towards North Korea. I didn’t even suspect […]

Over the fifty years I’ve worked as a Professional Speaker I have made speeches in so many different fields and topics and some of my clients have made recordings of my work. I had a […]

I watched most of the recent Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Debate and then asked myself “Why would anyone in their right mind want to become President?”  Fame? Glory? Prestige? Money? The basics – food, shelter, clothing, […]

Have you ever gone into an ethnic restaurant here in the U.S. and pretended to yourself that you were back in time visiting a foreign land?  Jean wanted to find something different for me on […]

What a wonderful fall day here in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Just a bit of nip in the air and the leaves on the trees in our yard are like a rainbow. The air is so […]