[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 Witness & Hold
Just as the warmth of summer can make a cricket sing, the quality of being held enlivens the heart. - Mark Nepo When We Witness and Hold One Another We create something bigger than was there before. When we witness we speak and stand for truth. Wh...
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Doing Philosophy
Beneath False Hope
We need to stay current with each other. - Angeles Arrien What does it mean to stay current? Staying current, to me, means having expectations. We stay stay current when we act in alignment with our expectations. Expectations are not wrong. Havi...
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Doing Philosophy
The Heart’s Blossom
Courage is the heart’s blossom. - Mark Nepo What does courage look like? Courage looks like starting. Starting takes courage. Committing is courageous. Quieting the noise of doubt and fear is courageous. Training and preparation is courageous. W...
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Doing Philosophy
Looking Away
In exchange for the promise of security, many people put a barrier between themselves and the adventures in consciousness that could put a whole new light on their personal lives. - June Singer Reasons to Not Look Away. There is so much from which ...
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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.
