• welcome!

    Let's get to know each other with a little Q & A!

    READY?

    (click the right arrow to begin)

  • #1. What's your favorite season?

    Go ahead and say yours...then click the right arrow to see mine.

  • For me, Autumn

    Warm colors. Crunchy leaves. Spicy cinnamon.

    Nature's artistic reminder that all things change, and still there is beauty.

  • #2. What's your favorite quote?

    Go ahead. You go first. No rush.

    (Then scroll right to see my favorite quote.)

  • "ANCORA IMPARO"

    "Still, I am learning."

    -Michelangelo-

    (Who reportedly said this at age 87!)

  • #3. What's your motto?

    Like, if you could put it on a T-shirt?

    (You say yours. Then scroll right to see mine.)

  • "Not All Who Wonder Are Lost"

    (with apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien;-)

    Actually, you can get that on a T-shirt HERE!

  • #4. Three words to live by?

    Ok, test your powers of brevity!

    (Let's hear 3 words...then scroll right to see mine.)

  • ~ELEVATE EVERY DAY~

    (You know, because life is short.)

  • #5. Favorite line from a favorite poet?

    I bet you have one!

    (You know I do!)

  • "Time is relative to love."

    -Nevin Compton Trammell-

  • Ok, one more poet...

    (I can't resist)

  • "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

    -Mary Oliver-

  • #6. Best advice for the journey?

    Finally, what words of wisdom help you on your less-traveled road?

    (drum roll please...)

  • "The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines."

    -Anne Lamott-

  • * BONUS ROUND *

    What's making you feel alive these days?

  • For me...

    Sitting around this firepit telling stories with friends!

  • Thank you!

    Now, start some fun conversations with others.

    Around the dinner table.
    Around the fire.
    Over coffee, tea or...

  • Now for the details...

    Scroll down for the particulars:

about

Karen Lee Turner, Ed.D.

Karen Lee Turner is an artist, author, educator, and retreat leader. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and a doctorate in educational leadership from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development.

Her essays have been published in the award-winning spiritual life journal, Weavings, as well as Leading from Within: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Lead.

For the past thirty years she has taught courses and led retreats for business, academic, healthcare, and spiritual groups. She is a Lilly Endowment grant awardee for her work as a liturgical musician.

These days, Karen Lee writes, paints, and designs learning experiences in her colorful, light-filled studio just outside of Nashville where she is assisted by her two Maine Coon cats.

Her work continues to be inspired by her late husband and creative partner, the poet, Nevin Compton Trammell.

Thank you for being here.
Your presence means a lot!