Reconciling the nations
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2004, Sam Gesch shares how the…
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The Zilwaukee Bridge
M-13 in Zilwaukee, Michigan (September 2013) The Zilwaukee Bridge is a gateway. As most know, Michigan has two peninsulas: the Upper and the Lower….
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The Labourers
Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada (June 2016) I was out today with the camera down along one of the winding arms in the delta…
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Holy Week in Uganda
Sunrises in Uganda happen suddenly. On the equator, dawn is dark, turning pink at the eastern corners at the sky at 6:00, 6:30. Then…
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Somewhere on Monticello Road: Listening to Pamela York’s “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
Shortly after the Civil War, Dr. Joshua Ensor lost his gold-framed spectacles on Monticello Road. At the time, he was superintendent of the South…
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The color of cuisine
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2008, Jacque Rowe Fields reflects on…
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Cooking chicken wat
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2008, Deborah Leiter shares about learning…
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White on rice
When we return from our honeymoon, I learn immediately from my Korean elders at church that my chief duty as wife is to fatten…
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An intimate view
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a blog the author kept while walking the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain, accompanied by…
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Original thrift
Ma was boiling molasses in a pan. When Laura’s kettle was full of popped corn, Ma dipped some into a large pan, poured a…
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