catapult magazine

catapult magazine
Ten Things 3

vol. 9, num. 1 :: 2010.01.08 — 2010.01.21

Our annual feast of a conglomeration of lists on a wide range of topics, spanning the past year, the past ten years or a lifetime of learning and being.

 

Feature

Does Shane Claiborne use Google?

Google knows ten things to be true...so what are our certainties?

Editorial

Ten things we imagine at Huss School

Modest proposals for the future life of 22,000 square feet and four acres.

Articles

Ten things you can do to make your family vacation more community-building

A list, counter-intuitive for some, on how to hit the road together.

Ten new ways I hope to vote with my money this year

A graduate student on a budget considers how to make her dollars reflect her passions.

Souvenirs

Ten lessons to treasure heading into life after fifty.

Ten odd and wondrous things our family has seen this year within a block of our house

Under the influence of urban naturalism, an inner-city neighborhood can be a wonder-full place.

Ten things to do during bad weather

Ways to amuse children indoors, but out of the house.

Ten ways to spot Americans in Australia

Useful tips...from an American in Australia.

Reviews

Ten authors for kids, ages 8-12

A ten-year-old weighs in with some of her favorites.  Aunts, uncles, parents and grandparents -- take note!

Aughts to see

From action to documentary to indie art house, these films should be considered for your queue.

Global Spirit

Ten world music albums that inspire wonder at the range of human creativity.

Ten great songs you’ve probably never heard of

... but you should get to know them.

Conversion experience

A review of James Cameron's new film Avatar.

In case you missed it the first time

Ten ways to make your house more hospitable

A list about hosting guests that could double as advice for how to live one's life.

Human pace

Reflections on a year of traveling by bus, bike and foot.

Ten things I learned in a difficult year

Lessons from tough times, in no particular order of importance.

Weaving the web

Where the jobs will be this decade

John Ydstie reports on the ten fastest growing occupations.

 

2009 Englewood Honor Books

The staff of this Indianpolis-based review project identifies a list of the best books of 2009 for the life of the church.

 

25 best albums of 2009

Our favorite music magazine lists its favorite music of the year.

 
 

Columns

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Clutching Dust and Stars

Chapter Nine: Wear Your Own Skin - from the newly published novel by Laryn Kragt Bakker (published by *culture is not optional).

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The spectacular death of Vic Chesnutt

A eulogy for a musician, by a musician.

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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