[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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5 Things I Learned Week 5 of the Whole Life Challenge
Week 5 was the toughest week yet on this Challenge - on any of the Challenges I have participated in, really. I have used all my mulligans. I have not recorded my score for two days. I got an email encouraging me to stay in the game. I did not eat an...
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Doing Philosophy
Taking Back Normal
I want to take back normal. What is normal? In a barrage of "what about" isms and double speak, is it becoming normal to accept hatred, bigotry and lies . It is becoming normal to perpetrate violence and destroy common bonds. It is becoming nor...
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5 Things I Learned Week 4 of The Whole Life Challenge
I chugged along this week in the Challenge. After a somewhat disastrous (points wise) weekend, this week went relatively smoothly. I continued to exercise. Grocery shopped. Ate mostly at home. Drank my water. I have reached a Challenge rhythm, so to ...
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Doing Philosophy
Looking For Goodness
I am looking for goodness. The spin of lies and dehumanization and cruelty can be too much. Where we focus matters. How we focus matters. So I am going to do a thought experiment today. I am going to deliberately and intentionally think back to...
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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.
