ThrowbackMay 12, 2016<May 12, 2016 The work of hands by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. This editorial from 2014 was from an issue on the…
ImageFebruary 5, 2016<February 4, 2016 What We Leave Behind by Alex Quick Battle Creek, Michigan (2016) I remember once wanting to do a project on the paperwork that runs through our lives, and how bureaucracy strips…
EssayDecember 21, 2015<December 21, 2015 Recovering joy: A review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben by Henry Bakker Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no rootless Christmas trees hung with candycanes and…
EssayDecember 16, 2015<December 15, 2015 Secondhand sainthood and the gift of losing it all by Raechelle Kennedy I have spent most of my life choosing to live cheaply. I make things. I grow things. But my greatest skill is finding things….
EditorialDecember 7, 2015<February 15, 2016 Original thrift by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma 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…