[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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Weekly Wide-Awake: Marathon
“The music of a marathon is a powerful strain, one of those tunes of glory. It asks us to forsake pleasures, to discipline the body, to find courage, to renew faith, and to become one’s own person, utterly and completely.” -George Sheehan, r...
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Doing Philosophy, Health
Word of the Year 2020: Peace
Make me an instrument of peace. Let me find comfort, solace, and light in times of conflict, doubt, and darkness. Make me an instrument of peace. Let me choose forgiveness, humility, and compassion in times of anger, separation, and blindness. Make m...
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Health
What I Learned From Blogging Everyday on the Whole Life Challenge
I started blogging in 2006. I stumbled my way through setting up a blog and trying to develop content for a long time. (I am still very technologically clumsy and seek support often.) I took free classes in web design, hired developers and coaches, a...
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Health
On Joining A Gym For The 175th Time
Note: Today's task on my Precision Nutrition journey involved reflecting over my personal fitness journey. I have participated in a cleanse program, trained for road races of all distances, tried numerous weight loss programs, worked with trainers on...
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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.
