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      • 0.1 Intro
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    • 2.1 Labor
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Sylvia Keesmaat

Sylvia Keesmaat lives on a farm in the midst of the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, part of the Land Between. She is a biblical scholar who gardens, farms and grows too many tomatoes.

Musings on an inefficient life
ThrowbackMarch 16, 2017

Musings on an inefficient life

By Sylvia Keesmaat

Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2012, Sylvia Keesmaat explores the value of…

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The land between
EssayOctober 7, 2015

The land between

By Sylvia Keesmaat

live in The Land Between. It is a place that is neither Canadian Shield, nor St. Lawrence lowlands. It is a place where two…

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About Topology

Topology Magazine

Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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