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….
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An Ode to My Thin-Treaded Tires
byOur budget has now accounted for your replacement for one full year. In which I have neglected, in flat out utterness, to call a…
Tradition
byWyoming, Michigan Christmas in my household isn’t Christmas without these window stickers. We use the same ones every year. They’re simple cut-out shapes in…
The Pendleton coat
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Neil Das ponders lost connections, of both…
Secondhand sainthood and the gift of losing it all
byI have spent most of my life choosing to live cheaply. I make things. I grow things. But my greatest skill is finding things….
Good Yet
byThe old farmer stands at the end of the lane, big smile plastered on his face, waving goodbye. His coveralls are stained with work,…
A story of yogurt: The path from frugality to richness
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay, Laura Menze traces the origins of a…
The mad and the mundane
byAccording to Google (and who would ever argue with them…it?), thrift reached its zenith sometime just before the Great Depression and has been in…
Original thrift
byMa was boiling molasses in a pan. When Laura’s kettle was full of popped corn, Ma dipped some into a large pan, poured a…