How civilizations heal
This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room…
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After Midnight
Lima, Peru (2014) I lived in Lima, Peru for two years, in a historic and bohemian district of the city called Barranco. The neighborhood…
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If you are the dealer, I’m out of the game If you are the healer, it means I’m broken and lame If thine is…
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Treasure in the trash
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2002, Grant Elgersma gives a review…
Read MoreCivic Alchemy
After the election, May we seek to practice Civic Alchemy May we turn: Battle Ground Into Common Ground Swing States Into United States And…
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The endurance of Jaxon’s
These days I can get a pretty good green chile breakfast burrito and sit in trendy comfort at a table not three feet from…
Read MoreThe JC Penney Advertisment
shouts 4-Hour Doorbusters in headliner arrogance above the full-color page of bras jutting out at any middle-aged onlooker unaware of ironic intent. My six-year-old daughter…
Read MoreIs it too late?
Lord, I am sorry. I am sorry that I haven’t had enough faith to pray. I am sorry that I have been spiritually paralyzed…
Read MoreMake some noise
You cannot stand by. You cannot sit down. You have to stand up, speak up, speak out, and get in the way. Make some…
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Memories of Main Street
My Saturday takes me round-trip. I start the morning with a volunteer shift in the downtown fair trade store my husband and I helped…
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