[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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Poetry
Lesson of the Falling Leaves
the leaves believesuch letting go is lovesuch love is faithsuch faith is gracesuch grace is godi agree with the leaves.Lucille Clifton I agree with the leaves, too. I believe in a deciduous journey towards Love. As we let go, show love, have faith...
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Paying Attention
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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Paying Attention
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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Paying Attention
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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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.
