Verse by Art Fettig - Copyright© 1987 Mentors are people who truly lovewhat they are doing,and want to share that love and skillwith someone they believe might do it.Mentors don't do it for you -they point the way and stand backand watch you stumble and grow.They know that life is reallya "Do-it-Yourself" projectand difficult things come easy,often unappreciated, prove … [Read more...] about Mentor
Fettig, Art
The Spirit
A Verse by Art Fettig - Copyright © 1987 Art Fettig Of 1776, what was the spirit?Revolution? Freedom? Independence?No. I think the prevailing spiritWas selling.Selling one another. Selling like sellingHad never been done before. Or since.Salesmen saying, "But as for me,Give me liberty or give me death."Saying, "I only regret that I have but one lifeTo give for my … [Read more...] about The Spirit
Circus by Art Fettig
I watched the movie Jumbo about a circus elephant and my wife Jean asked me "Art, did you see a circus very often when you were a kid?" And BOOM!!! It all came rushing back to my memory. I had a booking for the Michigan School Administrators or Principals, someone, and it was at the Amway Grand in Grand Rapids and we couldn't leave the hotel. Suddenly we were snowed in. I'd … [Read more...] about Circus by Art Fettig
‘Heeeeeeerrrrrrrr’s Charlie!’ by Art Fettig
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 would go nuts, a screaming and cheering and a hollerin' and Johnny would slowly strut around like a cock rooster and just bask away in that fantastic standing ovation. It seemed so unfair for Johnny … [Read more...] about ‘Heeeeeeerrrrrrrr’s Charlie!’ by Art Fettig
The Quilt by Art Fettig
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 doze in my Lazy Boy rocker. She named it "Growth Unlimited" . What a memorable gift! What a blessing! What a labor of love. On a panel on the quilt she tells how I … [Read more...] about The Quilt by Art Fettig