[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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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day 6 — The Sky Road and Clifden
We woke up ready to experience Clifden, a village of about 2,000 people, where our hotel, The Ardagh, was located. We grabbed breakfast in The Ardagh before we left for the day. Ireland’s morning light overcame me. Looking out over Clifde...
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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day 5 — Dublin to Clifden, by way of Galway
Day 5 was mainly about getting from Dublin to Clifden via Galway. We rented a car in Dublin. (Notes to self: rent an automatic, budget for insurance, there is generally no shoulder on rural Irish roads, and make sure your phone battery is charged to ...
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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day 4 — Dublin
Still stinging a bit from losing the football game, we woke up and headed out and about sightseeing around Dublin. (We noticed the understandably subdued nature of Florida State fans the entire day.) We walked to the City Centre and stopped at O’Do...
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Paying Attention
Ireland: Day Three — Dublin
I thought we were coming to Ireland for a football game (and, of course, to experience natural beauty and culture), but I learned that I came to Ireland to fall in love again with words. Don't get me wrong, football is important. I grew up loving spo...
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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.
