[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
Paying Attention
Cusp of Autumn
Late August, cusp of autumn,/ and a ríver splits a forest/ where a man and his grandson/ down a slope to throw stones,/ Watch: their pebbles soar, hopscotch,/ then slip into the water's skin,/ sketching, concentric circles that glint,/ thin edges co...
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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
Live Slow Enough
Live slow enough and there is only the beginning of time. Mark Nepo A few moments when I slow down... Listening to cats purring. I am a cat person. Cats don't live fast. Cats nap when they need to nap. Eat when they need to eat. Cuddle when ...
read moreAbout Katie
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.
