Inevitable
byEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2004, Wm. Anthony Connolly reflects on death…
God will never forget
by the daily asteriskThe nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The Lord is known…
Sacrifices to the future
by the daily asteriskWe seem to have replaced the ideas of responsible community membership, of cultural survival, and even of usefulness, with the idea of professionalism. Professional…
The Catalogue of Living Here
by Michael Penny1. The maple measures out the space its buds will need for leaf and flowers pick colours from the charts laid out in the…
From the ground
by the daily asteriskWith all due respect for the wondrous ways people have invented to amuse themselves and one another on paved surfaces, I find that this…
Foliage tour
by J.C. ElkinThe leaves look sick, chartreuse as Grandma’s tumblers. For three glorious days we have seen no autumn colors but safety-yellow as we drive through…
Neighborly citizenship
by the daily asteriskWhat holds people together long enough to discover their power as citizens is their common inhabiting of a single place…. Before they become citizens,…
Human kindness
by the daily asteriskWhen we join together in serving our local community, we add strength to our national community, we help to fortify the structure of our…
Musings on an inefficient life
by Sylvia KeesmaatEditor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2012, Sylvia Keesmaat explores the value of…
A people in despair
by the daily asteriskToday I send a voice for a people in despair…. From the west, you have given me the cup of living water and the…