Paying Attention Archives - Katie Steedly

[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: One Word Pulled

One word pulled her toward the next, leading her out of herself Lia Mills I left myself as I walked through Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) by St. Stephens Green in Dublin. One word pulled me to the next. Around each corner through books and ...

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A curious thing

A curious thing, life, and curious those who live it. Robert McLiam Wilson I thirst for curiosity. Curiosity looks like seeing things through beginner’s eyes. Curiosity looks like asking a question and listening to the answer. Curiosity looks li...

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Born into change

I was born into change. Anne Haverty We are all born into change. Change is one thing I know for sure — cell splitting, universe expanding, chrysalis shedding, truth demanding change. Ram Dass writes we are walking each other home. Change — st...

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Someday you will be old enough

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again CS Lewis I have always read fairytales. I have gone into the woods. I have confronted giants in the sky, danced with witches, and eaten magic beans. I have tried on glass slipper...

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