On Finishing Things

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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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