[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: How to Fall
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”L.M. Montgomery How to fall means tasting apple cider and picking pumpkins. How to fall means paying attention to cool air and changing leaves. How to fall means finding beauty in welcomin...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: How to Birthday
“And I roseIn rainy autumnAnd walked abroad in a shower of all my days...” ― Dylan Thomas, Collected Poems My birthday is always a special day. It is a reminder to be grateful for it all. It is a reminder to mark the passing of t...
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Weekly Wide-Awake: How to Anniversary
The water is wide, I can't cross o'erAnd neither do I have wings to flyGive me a boat, carry twoAnd both shall rowMy love and IThe Water is Wide, traditional Scottish folk song, performed by Eva Cassidy We celebrate our anniversary on September 19...
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Simple Gifts
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,And when we find ourselves in the place just right,'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.When true simplicity is gain'd,To bow and to bend we w...
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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.
