Small and wonderful
byEditor’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,…
economy
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….
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…
A Great Bargain
byAlmaty, Kazakhstan (2016) Shopping in a foreign language is a challenging experience. There are the dangers of purchasing the wrong item, being unable to…
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…
Bookstore match-making
byNote: 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….
The endurance of Jaxon’s
byThese days I can get a pretty good green chile breakfast burrito and sit in trendy comfort at a table not three feet from…
Memories of Main Street
byMy Saturday takes me round-trip. I start the morning with a volunteer shift in the downtown fair trade store my husband and I helped…
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…
Pray and work
byI’m debating whether I can summon the energy to get out of bed between snippets of NPR on the clock radio. Through my bedroom…