Carefully Taught
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Bookshelf
Archive
About
Showing up for Shuggie's
On the closing of a life-giving neighborhood haunt
Jun 26
•
Jim Steichen
4
6
Latest
Top
Discussions
Lowdown Perception Syndrome
Whereby life begins to imitate art in Tulsa
May 29
•
Jim Steichen
10
5
1
Life moves pretty fast
The too obvious metaphor of a broken clothesline; the Kennedy Center cancellation blues; Gavin Newsom's memoir makes weird choices; and that time…
Apr 22
•
Jim Steichen
6
9
I'll see you next Tuesday
You're only a week away (this is an Annie parody)
Mar 24
•
Jim Steichen
3
2
Through the perilous fight
The US national anthem is two (rhetorical?) questions
Feb 28
•
Jim Steichen
5
The fundamental things apply
"As Time Goes By"
Jan 31
•
Jim Steichen
5
4
Even more than I usually do
(That's from "I'll be home for Christmas")
Dec 28, 2025
•
Jim Steichen
4
2
And Take It!
Break another little bit of my heart (Janis Joplin)
Nov 30, 2025
•
Jim Steichen
6
See all
Carefully Taught
Bringing together people from the different circles of my life to think through life and culture, as I slowly work on a book about education and race.
Subscribe
Recommendations
The White Pages
Garrett Bucks
the examined family
Courtney Martin
How to Play Hopscotch
Megin Jimenez
Carefully Taught
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
