catapult magazine

Items tagged identity

• Birth announcements

  On the incarnate words that call our worlds into being.

• Ten things about my mom

  Remembering the character of a nurturer.

• The clothes make the man?

  Reflecting on a new phase of life as a basketball referee.

• The answers are in my closet

  Dressing up as role-playing.

• I am not my clothes

  Detailing a clothing experiment that yielded a host of lessons ... and more questions.

• Michigander

  On leaving home to find home.

• Of no state at all

  Contemplating the adventures of a cousin found at sea.

• The weight of history

  Looking back at small town family origins in Ohio.

• Oregon, my Oregon

  On a birth state that engenders loyalty beyond reason.

• God! What’s that?

  Looking back at the life of a friend who was inspiring and unique, inside and out.

• Living the homemade life

  How a forced transition became a welcome change.

• Authentic authority

  Running toward the truth that resonates deep within.

• Saying “no” as a filmmaker

  Seeking an artistic identity in relationship to Hollywood.

• Life sentence

  Ten grammar lessons for life from a middle school grammar teacher.

• How to quit like a scout

  Learning to trust the decisions we make in third grade.

• For the love of music

  Looking back on a formative childhood decision.

• Schmotzer’s never...

  Reconsidering a family trait for persistence.

• Privacy: A matter of the heart

  Reflecting on what we share and what we keep for ourselves.

• Sharing a bathroom with sisters

  The joys and challenges of sharing space and limited privacy.

• Tasting Thailand

  Food and home, from the southern U.S. to southeast Asia.

• What is art?

  High school creative writing students respond to the catapult prompt.

• A masterpiece

  Debunking the creative “haves” and “have-nots” from an early age.

• Beyond my ability

  The journey toward words as a chosen medium.

• Learning to belong

  Considering what it means to feel at home as a child of traveling parents.

• A different kind of mom

  The quest to belong as a mother of special needs children.

• The language of belonging

  Encountering barriers on a much-anticipated trip to China.

• Caught in the middle

  Considering the differences between a mother’s and a father’s legacy of belonging.

• No one outside

  Considering the complicated relationship between identity and belonging.

• Playing at life

  A case for fewer measurable goals, and a lot more screwing around.

• Lessons learned

  Observations from a life as a teacher, student and parent involved with many schools.