A friend of mine gave me this advice when I was having a bad day. What she meant was, instead of whining or playing the victim when you’re having a bad day, step back, take a deep breath, and say to yourself, “I’m going to rewrite the rest of today’s script.”

On the morning of February 16th, 1948 l reported for work in the General Claims Department Office of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Detroit, Michigan.  Thirty Five years later I retired from the GTWRR. I’d worked my way up to the job of Corporate Communications Officer, reporting directly to the railroad president..  When someone called and asked me who would be filling my vacancy I replied that I was not leaving a vacancy. I had completed my mission as Corporate Communications Officer. I had delivered my message and now I was moving on to carry that message out to the whole world. 

Let that little kid come out in me  Let me chase a butterfly let me climb a tree  Let me mess my hair up and giggle out with glee  Oh, let that little kid come out in me. 

I must admit that I have been staring at this blank spot in this memo trying to fill it with something that might be appropriate for these challenging times.

It doesn’t take a mathematical genius or an Einstein to conclude that the most vulnerable to this virus that all America and most of the rest of the world is under attack from, are the aged who are asked to stay in their homes. 

When I perform monthly at our local Senior Day Care Center I share the songs I’ve written that Greg Brayton and I recorded from 1997- 2001. There were 57 songs in all and it was one of the happiest, most creative experiences of my lifetime.

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This little section goes way back. It was 1976 when I first started writing good things about America as a part of my PROGRAMS America.

One thing that scientific research is very clear on is that relationships—warm personal relationships—make us happier and healthier. Research further points out that the frequency and quality of our interactions with other people are the two major predictors of our happiness.

I sat down recently at my drum set upstairs and a memory flashed into my mind.  I was 13, had met a new friend my age just two streets over and found out he was playing boogie woogie on his downstairs piano.

I was a Private E-2 in the US Army in 1951, just out of my basic training,  and had just boarded a troop ship in Seattle headed for Korea with a stop off at Camp Drake at Yokohama in Japan. An announcement on the PA said that Special Services was conducting auditions for musicians and entertainers for a show. Volunteers must report immediately.

Ever since this Corona virus thing started I’ve been searching for how I can get something good out of this mess. I want to learn something I didn’t know, something I didn’t know about myself and about others.

Twenty women who have faced extraordinary challenges and have overcome hardships are profiled in a new documentary-style exhibit at Flagstaff’s Pioneer Museum. It’s called “Resilience: Women in Flagstaff’s Past and Present.”

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Did you know that almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea and more than 100,000 were wounded and it wasn’t even called a war at all when it was going on? It was called a “Police Action.”  More than 5.7 million Americans served during the Korean War that began in 1950 and ended in 1953. This was known as “The Forgotten War” but I have never forgotten it, oh no. 

Can you even imagine?  I’ve been retired from the railroad for over 37 years now. Haven’t really worked a day since then, 1983. . When you are doing something, you really love to do, I figure, it isn’t really work although I admit that I have put in some eighteen hour and twenty-hour days.

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A Mixed Bag is a collection of songs by Art Fettig. It includes Country, Blues, Spirituals, Heavy Metal, Comedy, Jazz and some love songs that might be country but we can’t figure out which country. This CD might have been called “Songs to lift your spirits high” because you will laugh and cry and just feel better about yourself and the world after you listen to this unusual collection.

About 25 years ago when I was just 65 I took a tap dance class from that same teacher who had taught my daughter, Nancy, many years before.

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Some friends of ours got them one of those big places on the ocean and invited a mess of kin in this last week and every day all it did was rain. Reminded me of back when I was courtin’ my wife Jean over twenty years ago and her sister Fran rented one of those big houses and there were enough kids there to open a country school.

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald’s only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world’s health, economic security, and social fabric.

Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of prostate tissue is usually detected through screening tests, typically blood tests that check for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels.

The idea was shared by a man named Paul and his fellow workers on the DT&I Railroad. They took an old steam engine, cleaned it up and then decorated it along with a caboose and arranged to give a group of orphan children a ride around town on the designated Santa Train.

Once upon a time, there was a worn out locomotive that nobody seemed to care about. Except maybe Charlie Weller, who was an old retired railroad engineer. And maybe nobody cared about old Charlie anymore either. At least it often seemed that way to Charlie. He had little to do but sit around and remember the good old days when he would run that ancient train up and down the tracks hauling freight.

Harold Rowley, Battle Creek’s popular blind author and poet.

I had a financial planner call on me several years ago.  His first comment as he walked into my office was, “I’m not here to sell you anything.”

Renee Kaminski was born in Fountain Valley, California and was raised in Arizona while Robin Reece was born in Phoenix and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona. Renee and Robin are partners in life and partners in creating life, the life of their son.

Seven plaintiff couples and the legal team who filed suit on January 6, 2014 to overturn Arizona’s ban on same sex marriage applaud and support the seven plaintiff couples, two surviving spouses and Lambda Legal in their parallel March 13, 2014 filing.

Jeff Ferst was born and raised in New York City and Peter Bramley was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. Peter and Jeff met in the summer of 2012, combined households in October 2012 and on Valentine’s Day 2013, they married in Palm Springs California.

Meagan Pugh was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah and was raised in Seattle Washington. Natalie Metz was born in Indiana and raised in Mesa, Arizona.

Shaun McKinnon and his print/video colleague, Patrick Shannahan, from the The Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com tell the story of why we are fighting the ban on same sex marriage her in AZ and how it came together. The lawsuit is Connolly v Roche.

When is the last time you climbed out of your shell? I said your shell, not your rut. Your shell, if it is anything like mine, is that place I climb into when I am fearful of a new situation. I encounter a lot of them and generally I take a deep, deep breath and jump off of the cliff. So far none of the jumps have been fatal.

When I was in high school I spent more time after school than anyone in our class. I was the self appointed class clown. My mouth was always getting me into trouble and I was forever being told to “Sit down and shut up.”

The above is a quote from Henry Ford. It illustrates how much our attitude determines our success or failure. For example, On 25 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy, made an appeal to a joint session of Congress. He said, “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Most of the people around the world said the idea was impossible.

I saw the above quote posted on Facebook recently. As I thought about it, I couldn’t help but think of the Google executive who was found dead ten years ago on his 50-foot yacht. He died from an overdose of heroin administered by a call girl.

This is a unique office, without a clear blueprint for success, so I don’t know that any advice from me will be particularly helpful. Still, let me offer a few reflections from the past 8 years.

I have been writing newsletters since November, 1988. I had delivered presentations at the National Safety Congress to thousands of America’s top safety people and when I returned home, totally exhausted, I faced the ordeal of contacting some 500 leads from attendees who wanted to talk with me about purchasing my books and videos or hiring me to come in and make presentations for their employees.

“You’re the most pathetic person that I have ever met!” Who else but humorist, Art Fettig could tum that line into a love song? And who but super musician Greg Brayton and his two pathetic lovers, Billy Dean and Baby Jean, could make being pathetic a step up on the social register?

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It was August 9, 2015, still dark in the early hours of a cool Autumn Sunday morning. I was eager and excited about my second ride into the Maritimes with the route including both Newfoundland and Labrador, the two provinces I missed on my first visit.

I was Thinking the other day about the difference in just doin’ your job and doing your job and then some.

Recently, I went to the Post Office to Purchase some stamps. As I approached the counter, I noticed that the woman who was about to help me had tears in her eyes. I said to her, “It looks like the seasonal allergies have gotten the best of you.”

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 teaching this course.

Whenever the President nominates someone for an important position in government the Senators get their bird dogs out and they start searching for any paper trail the candidate might have left to be exposed in hearings. Just for the heck of it I went to the Internet to see just what kind of a paper trail I might have left behind in my career.

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 by the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra.

I’ve never been a fast learner but lately I have the feeling that my capacity to learn some things has come to a screeching halt. It has. I am making a valiant effort to learn to talk Southern and for this old Yankee it sometimes seems too much. I feel like Elizabeth Dolittle in My Fair Lady. walking around the room saying “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.”

For a few days I had been thinking about my being Almost Andy and other than having a lot of fun and making some of Andy’s fans happy what was the real purpose of being Almost Andy? What was Almost Andy’s cause, his justification for existing?

On Christmas eve, 1951 I walked over to the theatre at Camp Drake in Sapporo, Japan. I’d just rejoined the 1st Cav., returning from hospitals following being wounded in Korea.

In 1980, Art Fettig was certified as a “Speaking Professional” by the National Speakers Association. He is now a veteran of nearly 3,000 professional presentations to audiences around the world.

Arthur J. (Art) Fettig, Jr, 91, of Hillsborough, NC passed from this life May 18, 2021, after a long and healthy life ended with several major health issues attacking him in his final 6 months. Art was born July 5, 1929 in Detroit, MI to deceased parents Arthur Fettig, Sr. and Jennie Sands Fettig. He was “little brother” to deceased sisters, Virginia (Sister Marie Therese) Fettig and Florence Fettig; and surviving sister, Barbara Monahan of Grosse Point Shores, MI; and big brother, to Joseph (deceased).

Email marketing is still one of the best forms of customer engagement despite all the other avenues of social media. This short list of tips can change dull into vibrant.

When we came, we came through the cold, we came bearing gifts of gold, and frankincense and myrrh, and there were trumpets playing, there were angels looking down, on a west bank town, and he so loved the world.

Some of the happiest people I know are the ones who never stop learning or trying new things. Instead, they continue to grow as they move through life by saying “yes” to the many opportunities that life sends their way. They understand that in life, you either move forward or backward.

The “Wedding Hall” on the first floor shows how inspired the French are – Love is Love. The pictures are worth a thousand words.

When you are kind, you attract people to you like a magnet. Why? Because everyone wants to hang out with kind people, and no one wants to hang out with unkind people.

D. Earl Stephens, after a 30-year career in journalism as the Managing Editor of Stars and Strips newspaper which has been delivered to millions of service folks throughout the world, writes in a editorial published on November 19, 2024, a wakeup-call to those concerned about the miliary and those who serve

The following quote from Mary Davis posted on everydayspirit.net says it all: “Bring love wherever you go. Shine light wherever it’s dark. Leave blessings wherever you’ve been. Be kind wherever you are.” If you do this, you’ll quickly notice how people start to smile the instant they see you heading in their direction.

The above is a quote from Mother Teresa. What it means is that when someone is emotionally down, or at their wits end, the last thing they need is advice or criticism—a lecture, if you will.

Over the past several years, BJC has been sounding the alarm about the single greatest threat to religious freedom for all in the U.S. today – Christian nationalism.

I came across a Charlie Brown cartoon recently where the caption read, “Do everything with a good heart, expect nothing in return and you’ll never be disappointed.” This is what being kind is all about—doing things for others while expecting nothing in return. Someone once said, “Expectation is the root of all heartache.”

I saw a posting on Facebook that read something like, “Big houses, expensive cars, designers, and a fancy lifestyle is not wealth. It’s debt.

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Almost everything you wanted to know about microphone, radio, and TV frequencies.

A number of years ago when our grandaughter Mia was three years old, about ten of our family members went to dinner together. When dinner was finnished, one of the servers brought out a gigantic (see photo) serving of cotton candy in a very over-sized martini glass.

I saw a quote the other day that went something like, “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be.”

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“The whole country is going to be like — you want to know the truth? It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit. If she’s your president, you’re going to have a mess on your hands.”

Kari Lake, a loose cannon, kept interrupting, was rude, tried grandstanding and yet the moderators just sat there. Lake has no place in politics. Check out Lake’s false statements in the references below.

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As a Republican, I now support Kamala Harris for President – USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration

“The Proud Boys, as Vox’s Fabiola Cineas has explained, are known for inciting violence, and reports from the scene note provocations coming from demonstrators, as well as from counterprotesters at various points.”

As a Republican, I now support Kamala Harris for President – USN (Ret.), Former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, George W. Bush Administration

When I got back to the car, I told my wife, Marcia, about the sign and how I thought it would make a good Weekly Reminder. She said, “Where’s your hook?” I said, “What do you mean hook?

Gout is a type of arthritis that causes sudden and severe pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in a joint. It’s caused by a buildup of uric acid in the body, which forms needle-shaped crystals that inflame the joint.

Scans of the last directory from an important part of history. The directory is from July, 1961, and is the last directory published before being sold to the Independent Telephone Corporation of Michigan.

The defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election because, he claims, it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent President during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one.

A little bit of history of this newly formed Church.

My uncle becomes the official Republican nominee for president tomorrow. He’s been a clear danger to our country for years, but once his nomination becomes official, the stakes of this election will be higher than ever.

The following quote from Quotes Café puts embracing change into perspective: “Change can be scary, but it’s a necessary part of growth and progress.

The Democratic Party campaign office in Tempe where employees found bullet holes in the front windows on Monday was also shot at a week ago by a pellet or BB gun, Tempe police said.

Getting to meet so many incredible people across California has been an honor. This is Adam’s first statewide race, and he’s meeting so many new voters for the very first time.

True freedom comes when we stop worrying about what other people think of us. Many of us worry way too much about what others think which can lead to mental health issues and lower our self-esteem.

Mason Hite was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and his partner Chris Devine was raised in Glendale, Arizona. They met in October of 2001 with a shared connection of books, music and life in general and joined households shortly thereafter in 2002.

“Donald Trump’s decision to re-start nuclear tensions with the Iranian regime, when he has made no substantive progress with North Korea, is mindbogglingly dumb and dangerous.” – Will Fischer, Iraq War Veteran

Project 2025 is a Republican blueprint for government control of women’s bodies and everyone’s life: who we love, what we believe.

The notorious “Trump Train” supporters are finally seeing their day in court

Tucson, Arizona, venue only holds 2,300 people, but Trump claims his crowd is over 5,000. Then on top of that, the hepocrite has the gull to use the Linda Rostadt Music Hall in Tucson.

Growth experiences—those journeys into the difficult and unfamiliar—are often challenging and sometimes painful. This is why many people choose to avoid them—they prefer to stay within the friendly confines of their “comfort zone.”

American travel writer, author, activist, and television personality. His travel philosophy encourages people to explore less-touristy areas of destinations and to become immersed in the local people’s way of life.

As the Wall Street Journal opinion pieces says, “A Catastrophic Debate for Trump. He was angry and fixated on the past, and he failed to define Harris or her policies.”

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats,” said Trump. “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.” – Donald J. Trump

At my 80th birthday party in Battle Creek, Michigan recently it was sunset and we were all gathered around the pool at my son Daniel’s home and someone spotted an air balloon drifting along lazily in the blue sky above.

Author, Mandy Hale put it this way: “To make a difference in someone’s life, you do not have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care.”

The point is how “low-energy” he is. Dull. If this is his stump speech energy going forward, he’s done. Notice he’s in a sheriff’s department garage. He really packs ’em in.

For these reasons, the court will DENY Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Selective and Vindictive Prosecution, ECF No. 116. A corresponding Order will accompany this Memorandum Opinion.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, a supporter of former President Donald Trump, on Monday posted a fake image of what appears to be Vice President Kamala Harris dressed in a red communist uniform.