Patterns of migration
She never ceased to wonder at the incredible power of birds for adaptation. These had flown perhaps a thousand miles from the South to…
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On “tyrannese”: A fake interview with Wendell Berry
Well, it’s been a disorienting couple of weeks under the new regime, and while sales of George Orwell’s 1984 pushed the dystopian novel into…
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Rural is plural
We were in danger of becoming a caricature. When a parent stood up at a local school board meeting and expressed her dismay at…
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Sleepwalking in Russia
When I was nine years old, a dream led me to wander downstairs. I awoke, a sleep-crumpled bird in the nest corners of the…
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Editor’s Note: World Fare, a fair trade store that many Topology-connected folks are involved in in Three Rivers, Michigan, celebrated its tenth anniversary in…
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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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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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World banquet
For me, birthdays have always conjured up memories of food. Every year growing up, a few days before June 26, my mom would ask…
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Imagining community in story and soil
Editor’s note: A portion of this essay was originally published in Geez Magazine, issue 34. Photos from “Conquest of the Land Through Seven Thousand Years,” W.C….
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