Nuggets

In reviewing a CD of a talk I gave for the U.S. Army in Atlanta years ago, I found that one of my points involved getting feedback. I took a half-filled water pitcher and a […]

In 1956 I graduated from The Christopher’s Leadership Course. It was a 6 week course in Public Speaking and our instructor, named Frank, was a Dale Carnegie instructor days but he was a volunteer in […]

Amy, my daughter in San Diego, a very busy bi-lingual BSN Senior Case Manager and a Blue Ribbon Award winning quilter extraordinaire, has created a wonderful quilt for me to wrap up in when I […]

Lately I have noticed that people have changed their manner of greeting me when I walk up to them at a yard sale or such. Over the years I have become accustomed to greetings like […]

Many years ago it used to tick me off when watching the Johnny Carson Show.  Ed McMahon, the M.C., would say “Now  H – e – r – e  ‘ s Johnny!” and the audience […]

Where were you on December 7th, 1941? Now I realize that most of our readers were not born until years later. Me, I had been in downtown Detroit at the legendary Paradise Theatre being enchanted […]

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 […]

“Courage is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to all of us.” John F. Kennedy  For a few days I had been thinking about my being Almost Andy and other than having a […]

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 […]