[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
The Spider and the Sage
I would rather be fooled than not believe. -Mark Nepo This post draws from the story of the spider and the sage. Because This is What I Do Kindness is something we can simply do. We believe in basic kindness and act in that way. It is said in simila...
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Doing Philosophy
The Friction of Being Visible
It is only by risking ourselvesfrom one hour to anotherthat we live at all.- William James The friction of being visible can be felt in our courage to be seen, in the power of our vulnerability, and in the soft steal of our loving hearts. It is in...
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Doing Philosophy
I Say Yes When I Mean No
I say yes when I mean no and the wrinkle grows - Naomi Shihab Nye Why do I say yes when I mean no? I say yes when I mean no when I stare fear in the eyes. It doesn't have to be big scary fear. My fear of rollercoasters does not prevent me from...
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Doing Philosophy
How Does It Taste?
The more spacious and larger our fundamental nature, the more bearable the pains in living. - Wayne Muller I like the idea that living can be spacious and large. I like the idea that we can live in expansive, abundant, and generous ways. I like t...
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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.
