[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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Doing Philosophy
All That We Are Not
Discernment is a process of letting go of what we are not. - Father Thomas Keating The Value of Discernment I first learned of discernment in religion class in high school as a gift we can pray to receive. I attended a Catholic high school. As a li...
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Doing Philosophy
Questions Put to the Sick – II
When was the last time you danced?” - Question put to the Sick by a Native American Medicine Man Then last time I danced, I remembered the first time I danced. I started dance lessons when I was five years old. I kept studying dance until I was 1...
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Doing Philosophy
Fame or Peace
Rather the flying bird, leaving no trace, than the going beast, marking the earth. - Fernando Pessoa What do I want? Fame or Peace. At first, I answer this questions rather simply. "Peace, of course." Then I start thinking about its nuances and my ...
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Spiritual Fishing
Honesty is the net by which we fish the deep. - Mark Nepo What I have learned from spiritual fishing. I have always been a spiritual fisher. I am a question asker, art creator, travel lover, and goal setter. I am curious and introspective a...
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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.
