Experiences

Why Eliminating ‘I’ Improves Readability

I, I, I… I When reading the sub-title to this post, imagine the opening of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Great writing requires wordsmiths to pull from experiences. Experience generates passion, knowledge, and a foundation for the written word. It doesn’t, however, require the use of I, I, I…ContinueContinue reading “Why Eliminating ‘I’ Improves Readability”

Touching History: My Connection with a Lunar Module Creator

Reporting from Catawba Island, Ohio—I touched history today. Not a cannon, painting, or dusty diary memory, but a living, breathing encyclopedia on the Apollo Space Program and NASA from the mid-’60s onward. Nope, this legend wasn’t an astronaut blasting off, but one of the behind-the-scenes wizards who made those moonshots possible. He was splattered inContinueContinue reading “Touching History: My Connection with a Lunar Module Creator”