[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 … Â 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 #17
Taking A Joy Excursion The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. Eudora Welty I have heard it said that joy is a decision. That makes sense to me in the way we find what we look for. Tak...
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Paying Attention
Taking A Walk #23
Taking a walk with Pema Chodron When Things Fall Apart Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us. Pema Chodron In When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodronâ...
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Course Work
MONDAYS ARE FREE 041 — 045
EXERCISE 041: ON LISTING AGAINST DEATH a declaration of what we love Write a list of 100 objects you see, hear, touch, taste, or smell throughout your day. The only requirement is that it is all one sense. If you want to carry the exercise fur...
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Doing Philosophy
Ten Love Letters to the Earth
Dear Mother, my deep wish is to wake up to the miracle of life. I promise to train myself to be present for myself, my life, and for you in every moment. I know that my true presence is the best gift I can offer to you, the one I love. Thich Nhat Han...
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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.
