I had an unusual experience while visiting Ayr Mount. I met a fine artist from England. I’m not sure if he now lives here or was visiting. He just turned 80 and when I told him I was 91 and still write and speak some he asked, “What have you finished in the past ten years?” He was thinking about himself and if he would be productive. I went home and thought about what he asked and did some research. Here is a list of my writing and the projects I completed in my eighties.
Ninth Decade 2009-2018
- 2009 The Yes Book, Building High Self Esteem, Your’s and your Children’s, Growth Unlimited, e-book
- 2009 Wired Hillsborough, 4 color photo-inspiration, Growth Unlimited Published
- 2009 Wright Tree Company Published “You Do What While You Drive?” In Spanish.
- 2009 Wright Tree Company, Declaration of Interdependence For Safety. In Spanish.
- 2009 Won American Book Dealer’s Exchange Best Self Published Book of the year award in the novel category, The Old Man and the CD, prepublication edition.
- 2010 The Old Man and the CD, Paperback Novel + CD w/19 Of my recorded songs.
- 2010 Published Anne Buffinga Sidnam’s book Secrets Unravel, Growth Unlimited
- 2011 Novel, Success Rally, Published paperback, Growth Unlimited,
- 2012 “You’re Andy Griffith, aren’t you?” My Adventures As Almost Andy, Published
- 2013 I Always Called Him “Mr. Burdakin.” Limited Edition Book
- 2014 Where Are You Going? Humor. Wrote and printed it for Jean.
- 2014 Bill Tatroe Illustrates the Books and Booklets of Art Fettig. Tribute book delivered before his death.
- 2015 Cough It Up. Humor on our phone visits. Booklet delivered before his death.
- 2015 Being Touched. A continuing report on people who touched my life. Booklet.
- 2015 Appreciatin’. The journey of one poem looking for a home + original song on CD
- 2016 Bad Example, a booklet on my adventures as a bad example
- 2016 The Music in my Life. Booklet
- 2016 Black Lives Matter In My Life, White Ones Too* A continuing study Booklet by Art Fettig, SpokenWordPoet* Booklet on my spoken poetry. Limited edition.
- 2017 New Stuff From the Quill of Art Fettig, Limited edition, Booklet
- 2017 Haiku, Loku and Kuku, A 17 Syllable Salute To The Muse
- 2017 Old Stuff From the Quill of Art Fettig
- 2017 My Other Brands, Booklet on my brands as a speaker.
- 2017 A Gathering Of Songs, A major collection of the songs I have written in my lifetime
- 2017 Celebrate One Day At A Time (My 56th Anniversary in A.A..)
- 2017 Everything Spanish Booklet on my books and writing in Spain and Mexico
- 2018 How I Sold My First Book
I was dumbfounded when I saw this list. That question, “What did you finish?” is one I wouldn’t like to answer about the years following right now. I must get help with this Windows 10 and keep that flow running. It is part of my staying young program.
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