[The Stage is on Fire] is a page-turner in which, much like life, there are no easy answers and yet each step of the journey yields insight and hope. This work of heart must not be missed!
Melanie Faith
Creative Writing Teacher, Essayist & Poet.
Katie Steedly’s first-person piece [The Unspeakable Gift] is a riveting retelling of her participation in a National Institutes of Health study that aided her quest to come to grips with her life of living with a rare genetic disorder. Her writing is superb.
The Society of Professional Journalists
In recognition of receiving the Dateline Award for the Washingtonian Magazine essay, The Unspeakable Gift.
I thank you … It is the authenticity of your “class notes”; and it is the delicacy and skill with which you present the nuances of classroom life and the actuality of your students’ and fellow teachers’ lives.
Maxine Greene
Philosopher and Education Scholar
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Category: Music
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Everyday People
There is a long hairThat doesn't like the short hairFor being such a rich oneThat will not help the poor oneDifferent strokes for different folksAnd so on and so on, scooby-dooby-doobyWe got to live togetherSly & The Family Stone: “Everyday Peo...
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Oh, Happy Day
Oh, happy day (Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day (Oh, happy day)When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed)Oh, when He washed (When Jesus washed)When Jesus washed (When Jesus washed)He washed my sins away (Oh, happy day)Oh, happy day (Oh, happy day)The Edwin Haw...
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“Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In”
When the moon is in the Seventh HouseAnd Jupiter aligns with MarsThen peace will guide the planetsAnd love will steer the starsThe 5th Dimension: “Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In” - Summer of Soul These are dark times. It is easy to get wrapped...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: Thank You John Prine
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that’s pretty good.John Prine It feels good to laugh. At serious times, it is hard not to get paralyzed by seriousness. At grave times, it is hard not to dig our own grave...
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From Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
