catapult magazine

vol. 8, num. 11 :: 2009.05.22 — 2009.06.05

In a society in which coupling up is perceived as a sign of success, many have found meaning and pleasure in being alone. Sometimes being alone is lonely; other times, it’s not. How can alone times be periods of fullness? What’s good about being by one’s self?

Feature

Having myself over for dinner

by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

Thoughts and misconceptions about eating alone.

Editorial

The home of the person

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Reclaiming aloneness from the stigma of punishment.

Articles

Gift enough

by Allison Backous

On discovering true family and truer hope in a new place.

Choosing to be single?

by Brenda Kronemeijer-Heyink

Recounting a journey toward acceptance and intentionality.

Alone in my truck

by Sam Van Eman

A recipe for solitude that can change the world.

And they lived happily ever after

by Maryam Laura Moazedi

An overview and analysis of statistics related to single people.

Got plans?

by Nalini Suganandam

Reflections at the intersection of various cultural expectations about marriage and singleness.

Conversation: “Alone”

by The *cino Community

Your opportunity to contribute thoughts about singleness and solitude.

Reviews

Driving rhythm

by Grant Elgersma

A review of the documentary film Anvil! The Story of Anvil by Sacha Gervasi.

Table for one, please

by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

A review of Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone, a collection of essays edited by Jenni Ferrari-Alder.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Single, but not alone

by Charles Snyder

An artist's statement and photographs explore society's stereotypes of single people.

Introverted like me

by Amy Carpenter Leugs

Sorting out the mysterious ways in which one relates to others.

Weaving the web

Singleness in church, redux

ThinkChristian.net

Bethany Keeley follows up on her article, “What if we don’t Focus on the Family?”

The Geranium

Gawow.com

A poem about loneliness and company by Theodore Roethke.

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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