Art Fettig’s Monday Morning Memo
Originally published on June 29, 2009
In This Issue
o I Just Want To Celebrate
o Say Something Good
o Points To Ponder
o A Little Humor
o Quote of the Week
I Just Want To Celebrate Another Decade Of Living
On July 5th I will be celebrating my 80th birthday with my family in Battle Creek, Michigan. The big Eight Oh! I gave myself an early present, which is the publication of my new 324-page novel titled The Old Man and the CD. It is a story about this old coot who thinks he has everything but discovers that there is one thing that he wants that he does not have and that is a Hit Song. He joins the blind friend and together they put together The Double A Band and set out in search of a hit song. Like the character in Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, he encounters many sharks and other challenges. This entertaining book comes with a CD of many of the songs that my friend and I created. Some of these are weird love songs such as, If I loved you anymore, you’d be my dog. You’re the most pathetic person that I have ever met. I never slept alone ’til I got married. There are blues numbers, warm love songs, a song celebrating America and much more. We will make it available on my return from Michigan.
Say Something Good
July 4th. I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, Yankee Doodle Do Or Die. A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the fourth of July. That is a lyric from a great song by George H. Cohen, the famous Broadway star of a century ago. It might be stretching it but I feel like a Yankee Doodle Dandy too and I was born on the fifth of July 1929. I have seen a lot of America since then, all of our fifty states, many a number of times, and I never cease to stand in awe at the beauty of America. I pray that there will be peace again in this world. May God continue to bless America and keep our troops from harm.
Points To Ponder
When I was young, I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw
A Little Humor
Some folks just don’t believe in safety rules, but then they don’t stick around too long.
Quote of the Week
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens. Wilfred A. Peterson
