[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: Doing Philosophy
Doing Philosophy
To Live Out Loud
We are here to live out loud.Emile Zola I used to sing at the top of my lungs as a child. I would swing and sing at the small park in my neighborhood. I would sing alone in broad daylight. I would sing for hours. I would sing from the place in ...
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Doing Philosophy
Settling into the Wait
Be serene in the oneness of things and erroneous views will disappear by themselves. - Seng-Ts’an The Waiting Room The waiting room of life is the space between our dreams and our days. It is the time that passes between when we know and when we ac...
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Doing Philosophy, Publication
At Random
At Random is the instant a horse at full speed has all four hooves off the ground. Mark Nepo I have studied the concept of wide-awakeness for many years. It seems related to at random to me. Wide-awakeness is the idea that we can achieve...
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Doing Philosophy
Dump Your Pockets
Please remember, it is what you are that heals, not what you know. - Carl Jung Dumping Our Pockets Dumping our pockets is about fixing, saving, and helping. If we are busy dumping our pockets, when do we listen? How do we understand? In wh...
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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.
