[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
What We Bring Along
A river doesn’t hold all the water that passes through it. Mark Nepo My parents are selling our family house. The house that I have called home since I was 8 years old. The house that has been my North Star. The house that has been constancy ...
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Doing Philosophy
Agitations of the Dark
When the dark is at rest, the light begins to move. - The Secret of the Golden Flower When the dark is at rest, the light begins to move. Finding paradise in darkness means keeping your candle lit when night falls, steering toward home during a...
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Doing Philosophy
Live Humble as a Dog (or Cat)
Things I learn from my cats Note: I like all pets. I had dogs and cats growing up. I still like dogs, but I have only cared for cats during my adult life. I have adopted 4 cats over the years. Gizmo lived 20 years. Lucy lived 15. Currently, Tater an...
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Doing Philosophy
Out From Under
All the darkness! I’m going to walk into the light! - Job Walking into the Light. Walking out from under. Every day we face a choice. To walk into the light. To walk out from under. I am not always the best at making good choices. That split second...
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Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
Buy the Book!
The Stage Is On Fire, a memoir about hope and change, reasons for voyaging, and dreams burning down can be purchased on Amazon.
