[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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Category: Paying Attention
Books Falling, Paying Attention
My Periodic Table
"And now, at this juncture, when death is no longer an abstract concept, but a presence - an all-to-close, not-to-be-denied presence, I am again surrounding myself, as I did when I was a boy with metals and minerals, little emblems of eternity."Olive...
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Paying Attention
Our Marriage Vows
I (Katie/Greg) take you (Greg/Katie)/to be my partner, companion, confidant and friend./I promise to walk with you hand-in-hand./To listen with my entire heart,/awake to the beauty of your world./To be courageous, vulnerable and honest,/always gratef...
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Paying Attention
In Touch With Insignificance
I thought I could become wise, but it is much beyond me. Far away is all that has come into being and very, very deep. Who can find? – Ecclesiastes, 7:24-25 A few times in my life I have come in contact with my insignificance. When wonder and a...
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Paying Attention
Northern White
Northern White, David Landis I noticed this amazing rhinoceros sculpture for this first time a few weeks ago. Honestly, I had run past it several times a week for months and never really seen it. I finally took time to stop and read the plaque...
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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.
