[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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The ConNectar
The ConNectar, Designed by Kaylin Broussard and Chris Bartlett for Trees Atlanta
The ConNector is aptly named. It highlights pollination — the life blood/connection of flowers and plants to life itself. I first saw this sculpture on a Thursday evening run, co-sponsored by the Atlanta Track Club and the Atlanta BeltLine. Most Thursday evenings, a group gathers at a brewery along the Beltline to meet up and run/walk. My husband and I started with the group in April of 2021, just after we moved to Atlanta and the group had reconfigured after a hiatus. The group immediately connected us to people, the Beltline, and the city. We hoped, before moving to Atlanta, the Beltline would be a resource for us newcomers. That hope has been realized Thursday evenings and in our life living on the Beltline.
The ConNectar is a great name in another way, too. Nectar is the sweetness of flowers and plants. Life happens as a result of the sweetness. (That statement is deeply true.) In that way — having lived on the Beltline for three years, I don’t think it is too over the top to say — the Beltline, and all it is, functions like a pollinator connecting the nectar of Atlanta to us all.
About Katie
Born in 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.
