• About This Site
    • Essay 01: There Are No Strangers
    • Essay 02: Wheels of Fortune (1998)
    • Essay 03: Take My Hand (1999)
    • Essay 04: Mission From Heaven (1999)
    • Essay 06: German Chocolate (1999)
    • Essay 11: A Message for Alouette (2000)
    • Essay 20: Sitting in Judgment (2000)
    • Essay 23: A Candle in the Night (2001)
    • Essay 25: Sad Hair Day (2001)
    • Essay 26: Frame 24, Take 2 (2001)
    • Essay 27: Katie’s Light (2001)
    • Essay 29: Land of Plenty (2001)
    • Essay 31: Make My Day (2002)
    • Essay 32: Missing the Boat (2002)
    • Essay 37: Rail Ties (2003)
    • Essay 05: Four Cats (1999)
    • Essay 08: Over Thirty, Male, and Immature (1991)
    • Essay 09: Hand-Me-Down Love (2000)
    • Essay 14: "Does Person 1 Drive Person 2 Nuts?" (2000)
    • Essay 15: “I Do”—But Not to You (2000)
    • Essay 18: Growing Into High Gear (2000)
    • Essay 21: A Safe Bet (2000)
    • Essay 33: Next! (2002)
    • Essay 34: Tall Tales (2002)
    • Essay 07: The Decisive Moment (1999)
    • Essay 12: Saving Becky Thatcher (2000)
    • Essay 16: Not to Be Believed (2000)
    • Essay 17: The Bigger Picture (2000)
    • Essay 19: Dissonant Divide (2000)
    • Essay 22: “You’d Have to Be an Idiot,” He Said (2000)
    • Essay 28: Our Brother’s Keeper (2001)
    • Essay 30: Lunch With Davey (2002)
    • Essay 35: Final Breath (2002)
    • Father-of-the-Bride Speech (2018)
    • Eulogy for My Father (1998)
    • Eulogy for My Mother (2013)
    • Eulogy for My Aunt Sarah (2002)
    • Tribute to a Girls' Basketball Coach (2000)
    • Tribute to a School Music Teacher (2002)
    • (2022-06) Hey, Writer: Your LinkedIn Profile Needs More than Phrases.
    • (2022-08) To Make Your Writing Stronger, Use the Passive Voice. Seriously.
    • (2022-09) A Microsoft Word Template Can Be a Godsend or a Scourge. Which is Yours?
    • (2022-10) When Your "Editor" Can't Edit, What Should You Do?
    • (2022-11) When “Correct” Writing Looks Wrong, What’s a Writer to Do?
    • (2022-12) In Thoughtful Writing, Chasing Consistency is a Fool's Errand
    • (2023-01) Writer? Designer? When You Hire a Twofer, Expect a Halfer.
    • (2023-02) Who Gets to Decide Whether Wording is Ambiguous?
    • (2023-03) When Word Must Persuade, a "One-Voice" Edit is Never Enough
    • (2023-10) An Interview with Technical Writer Paul Stregevsky
    • (2023-12) If You Write at Work, Stop Playing It Safe
    • (2024-01) A Little Redundancy Can Be a Useful Thing
    • 2024-02) Even Real Writers Make These Five Mistakes
    • (2024-03) So You're "Expert in Word"? Prove It.
    • (2024-05) Wordsmithing Today Takes Cutting-Edge Instincts. Do Boomers Have the Chops?
    • Closing the Open Mind (1977)
    • Forever a Freshman (1978)
    • Song 02: Life On the Fringe
    • Song 03: Hineni (Here I Am)
    • Song 04: Marriage Is Work
    • Song 05: Eight Weeks
    • Song 06: The Rebbe Says
    • That's What We Do
    • With Friends Like These (live performance)
    • With Friends Like These (sample)
    • Rather Like You (live performance)
    • Third Car, Seventh Row (live performance)
    • Sovereign of S&T (sung to When I Was a Lad)
    • Science Under Secretary (Sung to "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General")
    • I Got Twaddle (sung to Ya Got Trouble)
    • Jin of Display Blog (sung to Gee, Officer Krumpke)
  • “Dear Bob”: My Mother’s 1944-1946 Letters to an RAF Serviceman

Writings of Paul Franklin Stregevsky Writings of Paul Franklin Stregevsky

  • About This Site
  • Personal Essays: Encounters With Strangers
    • Essay 01: There Are No Strangers
    • Essay 02: Wheels of Fortune (1998)
    • Essay 03: Take My Hand (1999)
    • Essay 04: Mission From Heaven (1999)
    • Essay 06: German Chocolate (1999)
    • Essay 11: A Message for Alouette (2000)
    • Essay 20: Sitting in Judgment (2000)
    • Essay 23: A Candle in the Night (2001)
    • Essay 25: Sad Hair Day (2001)
    • Essay 26: Frame 24, Take 2 (2001)
    • Essay 27: Katie’s Light (2001)
    • Essay 29: Land of Plenty (2001)
    • Essay 31: Make My Day (2002)
    • Essay 32: Missing the Boat (2002)
    • Essay 37: Rail Ties (2003)
  • Personal Essays: Relationships
    • Essay 05: Four Cats (1999)
    • Essay 08: Over Thirty, Male, and Immature (1991)
    • Essay 09: Hand-Me-Down Love (2000)
    • Essay 14: "Does Person 1 Drive Person 2 Nuts?" (2000)
    • Essay 15: “I Do”—But Not to You (2000)
    • Essay 18: Growing Into High Gear (2000)
    • Essay 21: A Safe Bet (2000)
    • Essay 33: Next! (2002)
    • Essay 34: Tall Tales (2002)
  • Personal Essays: Ethics, Morals, and Values
    • Essay 07: The Decisive Moment (1999)
    • Essay 12: Saving Becky Thatcher (2000)
    • Essay 16: Not to Be Believed (2000)
    • Essay 17: The Bigger Picture (2000)
    • Essay 19: Dissonant Divide (2000)
    • Essay 22: “You’d Have to Be an Idiot,” He Said (2000)
    • Essay 28: Our Brother’s Keeper (2001)
    • Essay 30: Lunch With Davey (2002)
    • Essay 35: Final Breath (2002)
  • Eulogies and Tributes
    • Father-of-the-Bride Speech (2018)
    • Eulogy for My Father (1998)
    • Eulogy for My Mother (2013)
    • Eulogy for My Aunt Sarah (2002)
    • Tribute to a Girls' Basketball Coach (2000)
    • Tribute to a School Music Teacher (2002)
  • Articles About Writing
    • (2022-06) Hey, Writer: Your LinkedIn Profile Needs More than Phrases.
    • (2022-08) To Make Your Writing Stronger, Use the Passive Voice. Seriously.
    • (2022-09) A Microsoft Word Template Can Be a Godsend or a Scourge. Which is Yours?
    • (2022-10) When Your "Editor" Can't Edit, What Should You Do?
    • (2022-11) When “Correct” Writing Looks Wrong, What’s a Writer to Do?
    • (2022-12) In Thoughtful Writing, Chasing Consistency is a Fool's Errand
    • (2023-01) Writer? Designer? When You Hire a Twofer, Expect a Halfer.
    • (2023-02) Who Gets to Decide Whether Wording is Ambiguous?
    • (2023-03) When Word Must Persuade, a "One-Voice" Edit is Never Enough
    • (2023-10) An Interview with Technical Writer Paul Stregevsky
    • (2023-12) If You Write at Work, Stop Playing It Safe
    • (2024-01) A Little Redundancy Can Be a Useful Thing
    • 2024-02) Even Real Writers Make These Five Mistakes
    • (2024-03) So You're "Expert in Word"? Prove It.
    • (2024-05) Wordsmithing Today Takes Cutting-Edge Instincts. Do Boomers Have the Chops?
  • Poems
    • Closing the Open Mind (1977)
    • Forever a Freshman (1978)
  • Songs from Marriage at Work
    • Song 02: Life On the Fringe
    • Song 03: Hineni (Here I Am)
    • Song 04: Marriage Is Work
    • Song 05: Eight Weeks
    • Song 06: The Rebbe Says
  • Songs from Tracks the Musical
    • That's What We Do
    • With Friends Like These (live performance)
    • With Friends Like These (sample)
    • Rather Like You (live performance)
    • Third Car, Seventh Row (live performance)
  • Songs (Parody)
    • Sovereign of S&T (sung to When I Was a Lad)
    • Science Under Secretary (Sung to "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General")
    • I Got Twaddle (sung to Ya Got Trouble)
    • Jin of Display Blog (sung to Gee, Officer Krumpke)
  • “Dear Bob”: My Mother’s 1944-1946 Letters to an RAF Serviceman

Writings of Paul Franklin Stregevsky Writings of Paul Franklin Stregevsky

Technical Writer, Science Writer, Essayist, Lyricist, Playwright

The professional and personal writings of Paul Franklin Stregevsky, with a side helping of videos and photographs.

  • About This Site
    • Essay 01: There Are No Strangers
    • Essay 02: Wheels of Fortune (1998)
    • Essay 03: Take My Hand (1999)
    • Essay 04: Mission From Heaven (1999)
    • Essay 06: German Chocolate (1999)
    • Essay 11: A Message for Alouette (2000)
    • Essay 20: Sitting in Judgment (2000)
    • Essay 23: A Candle in the Night (2001)
    • Essay 25: Sad Hair Day (2001)
    • Essay 26: Frame 24, Take 2 (2001)
    • Essay 27: Katie’s Light (2001)
    • Essay 29: Land of Plenty (2001)
    • Essay 31: Make My Day (2002)
    • Essay 32: Missing the Boat (2002)
    • Essay 37: Rail Ties (2003)
    • Essay 05: Four Cats (1999)
    • Essay 08: Over Thirty, Male, and Immature (1991)
    • Essay 09: Hand-Me-Down Love (2000)
    • Essay 14: "Does Person 1 Drive Person 2 Nuts?" (2000)
    • Essay 15: “I Do”—But Not to You (2000)
    • Essay 18: Growing Into High Gear (2000)
    • Essay 21: A Safe Bet (2000)
    • Essay 33: Next! (2002)
    • Essay 34: Tall Tales (2002)
    • Essay 07: The Decisive Moment (1999)
    • Essay 12: Saving Becky Thatcher (2000)
    • Essay 16: Not to Be Believed (2000)
    • Essay 17: The Bigger Picture (2000)
    • Essay 19: Dissonant Divide (2000)
    • Essay 22: “You’d Have to Be an Idiot,” He Said (2000)
    • Essay 28: Our Brother’s Keeper (2001)
    • Essay 30: Lunch With Davey (2002)
    • Essay 35: Final Breath (2002)
    • Father-of-the-Bride Speech (2018)
    • Eulogy for My Father (1998)
    • Eulogy for My Mother (2013)
    • Eulogy for My Aunt Sarah (2002)
    • Tribute to a Girls' Basketball Coach (2000)
    • Tribute to a School Music Teacher (2002)
    • (2022-06) Hey, Writer: Your LinkedIn Profile Needs More than Phrases.
    • (2022-08) To Make Your Writing Stronger, Use the Passive Voice. Seriously.
    • (2022-09) A Microsoft Word Template Can Be a Godsend or a Scourge. Which is Yours?
    • (2022-10) When Your "Editor" Can't Edit, What Should You Do?
    • (2022-11) When “Correct” Writing Looks Wrong, What’s a Writer to Do?
    • (2022-12) In Thoughtful Writing, Chasing Consistency is a Fool's Errand
    • (2023-01) Writer? Designer? When You Hire a Twofer, Expect a Halfer.
    • (2023-02) Who Gets to Decide Whether Wording is Ambiguous?
    • (2023-03) When Word Must Persuade, a "One-Voice" Edit is Never Enough
    • (2023-10) An Interview with Technical Writer Paul Stregevsky
    • (2023-12) If You Write at Work, Stop Playing It Safe
    • (2024-01) A Little Redundancy Can Be a Useful Thing
    • 2024-02) Even Real Writers Make These Five Mistakes
    • (2024-03) So You're "Expert in Word"? Prove It.
    • (2024-05) Wordsmithing Today Takes Cutting-Edge Instincts. Do Boomers Have the Chops?
    • Closing the Open Mind (1977)
    • Forever a Freshman (1978)
    • Song 02: Life On the Fringe
    • Song 03: Hineni (Here I Am)
    • Song 04: Marriage Is Work
    • Song 05: Eight Weeks
    • Song 06: The Rebbe Says
    • That's What We Do
    • With Friends Like These (live performance)
    • With Friends Like These (sample)
    • Rather Like You (live performance)
    • Third Car, Seventh Row (live performance)
    • Sovereign of S&T (sung to When I Was a Lad)
    • Science Under Secretary (Sung to "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General")
    • I Got Twaddle (sung to Ya Got Trouble)
    • Jin of Display Blog (sung to Gee, Officer Krumpke)
  • “Dear Bob”: My Mother’s 1944-1946 Letters to an RAF Serviceman
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