Renewing a common world
byEducation is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token…
Paris re-told
by S. Alexandra HarperWhen you travel, how do you best get to know a city? How do you get at its heart, unearthing the stories laying dormant…
If I love you
by the daily asteriskIf I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see. Insofar as that is true, in that effort,…
Small and wonderful
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-ReitsmaEditor’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,…
Caretaking and giving-back
by the daily asteriskTo perceive the world and our life in it as gifts originating in sanctity is to see our human economy as a continuing moral…
Finding Treasures
by Deborah HaakThree Rivers, Michigan (2016) Kim Henritzy is the owner of Centsible Treasures, a consignment shop in downtown Three Rivers, Michigan in operation since 1999….
Their own funeral
by the daily asteriskThe prophet does not scold or reprimand. The prophet brings to public expression the dread of endings, the collapse of our self-madeness, the barriers…
The Fair World
by Elisabeth WengerEditor’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…
We must interfere
by the daily asteriskWe must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human…
The Heart of Small Business
by Alek FrostPhoto by Deborah Haak That really is the heart of our business: getting to know our customers and them getting to know us on…