Organic Fuji
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This essay by Denise Frame Harlan on navigating a season…
Essay
By the shores of Pigeon Lake
byThe rhythm of farm life is shaped by the passage of the seasons. In the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario where I live, maple…
Healing our blindness
byAs I write, I’m sitting in my living room watching football on a Sunday evening. I just finished eating a meal made with organic…
Ten recipes to make you grateful it’s winter
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. Here, Rachel Stone offers some of her favorite recipes for…
How to tell when it’s winter in a Michigan farmhouse
byThe years have a way of making technology lose its bluster. And so do the centuries. When our southern Michigan farmhouse was built, the…
Indiana winter, take one
byOn the day it reached 13 degrees below zero, I decided to go for a walk. Our dog begged to go after weeks marooned…
Tiebreaker
byThe wind is a crowd erupting, screaming praise for the home team. Tattered leaves and broken sticks, debris from a long season, fly haphazard…
Gathering clouds
byFor several years, my 90-year-old mother has dreaded the approach of winter. She lives in wool sweaters, pockets stuffed with tissues. She wraps in…
A time to grieve
byAt the first signs of decline, I saw the illusion I’d buried in the depths of my subconscious float to the surface: I had…
Hidden: Autism and life around the edges
byEditor’s Note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this 2013 essay, Deborah Lewis carefully articulates some of…