Finding Treasures
byThree Rivers, Michigan (2016) Kim Henritzy is the owner of Centsible Treasures, a consignment shop in downtown Three Rivers, Michigan in operation since 1999….
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The Heart of Small Business
byPhoto by Deborah Haak That really is the heart of our business: getting to know our customers and them getting to know us on…
Shopping locally, feeding our neighbors
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2011, Sophie Blanc talks about a…
Saturday morning
byOn Saturday morning, when I slip out of the house and head for the farmer’s market, the rest of the family is still asleep…
Bridges and intersections
byA version of this piece was previously published on the Post Calvin in 2013. Barbara Kingsolver’s lovely 2012 novel, Flight Behavior, spins the story…
A bridge to somewhere
bySomething there is that doesn’t love a bridge. At least on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Oh, we’re proud of the engineering marvel that connects the…
Fidelity and fecundity
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2009, Gary Guthrie explores the fruit…
Somewhere on Monticello Road: Listening to Pamela York’s “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
byShortly after the Civil War, Dr. Joshua Ensor lost his gold-framed spectacles on Monticello Road. At the time, he was superintendent of the South…
All in the neighborhood
byBecause the stranger knocking at our front door didn’t look like a Jehovah’s Witness or a candidate for political office, I opened the door…
Jagged edges
byJordan’s One Direction posters covered the wall where Emily used to hang her princess canopy, but the sunset still glimmered through the windows facing…