Articles by Art Fettig

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 […]

One day a school teacher wrote on the board the following:  9×1=7  9×2=18  9×3=27  9×4=36  9×5=45  9×6=54  9×7=63  9×8=72  9×9=81  9×10=90  When she was done, shelooked to the students and they were all laughing at her, because of the first equation which was wrong, […]

Jean and I innocently walked into a local Target Store and at the front of the store they had a table with three young ladies recruiting new employees to work this Christmas season.  The store […]

Recently in an exercise class we were requested to stand behind our chairs and march in place. It is strange how old memories come back. As I marched I recalled a parade I marched in […]

I heard the expression just the other day. “When are you going to grow up?”  Fortunately it was not directed at me this time.  Still, if I had to answer I might have admitted that […]

On the morning of February 14th, 1961 I became a writer. First thing, I answered a want ad offering a used Underwood typewriter for sale. I drove about a mile from my home to a […]