Small and wonderful
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2003, I speak from Three Rivers,…
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Finding Treasures
Three 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
Photo by Deborah Haak That really is the heart of our business: getting to know our customers and them getting to know us on…
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A Great Bargain
Almaty, Kazakhstan (2016) Shopping in a foreign language is a challenging experience. There are the dangers of purchasing the wrong item, being unable to…
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Shopping locally, feeding our neighbors
Editor’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…
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Bookstore match-making
Note: Since this piece was submitted, a new owner has purchased The Wild and is working to keep the long-running book store open in Noblesville, Indiana….
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The endurance of Jaxon’s
These days I can get a pretty good green chile breakfast burrito and sit in trendy comfort at a table not three feet from…
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Memories of Main Street
My Saturday takes me round-trip. I start the morning with a volunteer shift in the downtown fair trade store my husband and I helped…
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Saturday morning
On Saturday morning, when I slip out of the house and head for the farmer’s market, the rest of the family is still asleep…
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Pray and work
I’m debating whether I can summon the energy to get out of bed between snippets of NPR on the clock radio. Through my bedroom…
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