[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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What I Learned from 36 Days of Deep Journaling: Lessons, Advice, and Opportunity in the New Year
Throughout December, I imperfectly followed Beth Kempton's Deep Journaling exercises based on her book, Kokoro: Japanese Wisdom for a Life Well-Lived. (I am just now gathering my thoughts to share them.) Kempton describes kokoro as "A beautiful untra...
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My Ins and Outs 2025
Inspired by reading Ins and Outs Lists over the years. Ins - Puppy Smell - Broadway - The Museum of Literature Ireland - &...
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the storm - That could abash the little Bird That kept so ma...
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Between Errand and Epiphany
"The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany." Rebecca Solnit We live between the errand and the epiphany. Let me explain. We live between have to and get to, work and rest, what is and not yet. Experiencing rea...
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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.
