The Edge
Grafton, Ontario (2017) In this piece, my son Caspian stares out across the crest of a small hill to the road and fields north…
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The stories we don’t tell
“Don’t buy a house in Second Ward.” Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised when a pastor who was new to our community told me…
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Little sister hails a cab
The first story I remember hearing about my Aunt Ruth was from the childhood she shared with my mother. “She used to take a…
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Recommended: looking out the window
Here’s one of my favorite things to do on a Sunday: to settle into our red rocking chair with my feet on the ottoman,…
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Learning to live on both sides of the river
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this 2002 piece, Bill Boerman-Cornell reviews a book worth…
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The ways of water
We sight the mornings softly Take to them easy The scent of the wood and coffee Our cup is filling Outside the river flows…
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Sense memory
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Kathryn T. Jones recalls stories from her…
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Gun shots against the low-slung sky though it is no season for hunting. Or perhaps it was firecrackers, not fourth of July; someone always…
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Guerrilla gifting: A Christmas manifesto
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Brett Beasley writes about learning to believe…
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Being at home where you don’t belong: A spiritual necessity
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that…
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