catapult magazine

vol. 9, num. 24 :: 2010.12.31 — 2011.01.13

For some, the turning over of the calendar is an opportunity to embrace a transition to something new, while for others, major life changes don’t follow the calendar year quite so neatly. This issue features stories of newness: new places, new people, new jobs, new limitations, new identities and more.

Feature

Living like Grandma

by David Salverda

Learning to be at peace in all circumstances from a matriarch's example.

A word from Rosie and a cup of tea

by Danielle Vriend-Fluit

On learning how to be present in each moment of every year of life.

Editorial

Break on through to the other side

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On learning to take a break without fear.

Articles

The soldier’s story

by Sylvia Keesmaat

An account of a mysterious disappearance from a member of Herod's army.

A cleaning and a prayer

by Jana Chapman Gates

An unexpected lesson in learning to pray through the fear of loss.

The grace of time

by Jason Gerringer

On making space for transition in our New Year's resolutions.

A brand new year, but the same old me

by Sarah Lynn Phillips

For better and for worse, some things never change.

A wild ride

by Stefanie Moser

A reflection on the one-year anniversary of a major injury.

In case you missed it the first time

The sound of transition

by Kate Bowman Johnston

A move to Pennsylvania from Michigan inspires a meaningful mix CD.

Trying softer

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Ten things I have unsuccessfully willed myself to do (or not do).

Thanks for love

by Katie Houston

On discovering that perfectly imperfect someone.

Weaving the web

This I Used to Believe

This American Life

Stories of people forced to let go of their firmly held beliefs.

Leaving Plato’s Cave with a New Soul

rednoW

Samantha Curley on Yael Naim’s music video about self-discovery.

Taste a better way and move towards it

Geez Magazine

Aiden Enns on the origins and inefficient ambitions of Geez Magazine.

Columns

RESET: The Poetry Series

by Michelle Julianne Gallagher

Announcing a 2011 commitment to create a poem an issue.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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