Amanda Mae Steele

I love living in Franklin where there are distinct seasons, a huge contrast from growing up in San Francisco where (at least in our part of town) the season was basically year-round fog with a two week Indian summer if we were lucky. Winter is always the hardest for me as I struggle to enjoy and be patient with the cold air and dead trees. Even though I know spring always comes after with the promise of new life, it's still a struggle - but it's also a sweet surprise every ti

When people ask me what my dream job would be, without hesitation I say, "Hands down, Travel Writer/Photographer." That wasn't always what I wanted to do. I've also wanted to be a: -Touring singer or background singer -Music video dancer (*sigh* if only I were in my 20s in the 90s...) -Songwriter (this is why we moved to Nashville) -Actor Now that I think of it, I actually have done all of those things in some capacity. Maybe not to the extent that I had dreamed of, but never