
Nuggets


The Upstairs Room
In our home located just a couple of stone throws outside the quaint and growing town of Hillsborough, NC I have an upstairs room. Until just recently I seldom went upstairs and that was just […]


I’ve Still Got Rhythm
My first musical instrument was a telephone book. It was a hefty instrument being from Detroit, Michigan. I bought a pair of jazz brushes and sat down on a stool right next to the old […]

Speechless
It was December 15th, 1989, my final speech booking of my busiest year yet as a professional speaker and I was booked for a full day of speeches in the Catskill Mountains in New York. […]

Just A Nudge
My daughter, Nancy, phoned today to say that she had been reading through the achieves of our newsletters and one article about how I called John Burdakin, the Vice President and then soon to be […]

Stayin’ Alive
Recently somebody asked me,”Art, what are your goals for 2017?” and I began singing that old Bee Gee’s song from 1977, “Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.” […]

Let There Be Peace
“Let There Be Peace On Earth: And Let It Begin With Me.” Vince Gill recorded that song years ago and every Christmas that song comes to my mind. Peace is very popular at Christmastime.”Peace be […]

A New Point of View
From my office desk I can look up the stairs to my music room and see this big half-round topped window which faces West. It just dawned on me that if I were to move […]

‘Tis The Season
’tis the season to be Jolly, Fa la la la la , la la la la. So how Jolly are you? Jolly happy and cheerful. “He was a jolly man, full of jokes.” Snyonms” cheerful […]