catapult magazine

vol. 12, num. 3 :: 2013.02.01 — 2013.02.14

...Or province or county: whatever term we use to describe our geographical area, the boundaries that surround us shape us. And in fact, we attempt to define each other by geography: someone from Maryland is assumed to have a different character than someone from Alberta. Whether the state we grew up in, or the state that we've chosen, how do these places define us?

Feature

A sauna in every snowstorm

by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam

Savoring the variable pleasures of home among the Great Lakes.

Editorial

Growing apart, together

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

What we leave behind when we cross state lines.

Articles

Michigander

by Katie Van Zanen

On leaving home to find home.

Of no state at all

by Katie Cashin

Contemplating the adventures of a cousin found at sea.

The weight of history

by Daina Kraai

Looking back at small town family origins in Ohio.

City girl, small town

by Monica Sharman

From concrete California to Little House on the Prairie in Colorado.

Oregon, my Oregon

by Jim Schmotzer

On a birth state that engenders loyalty beyond reason.

In case you missed it the first time

Commuting to Africa

by Suzanne Lind

A North American woman finds home on a vast and colorful continent that inspires both incredible joy and difficult questions.

In a Lone Star state of mind

by Raymond Blanton

An exploration of what it means to be an ‘ethnic’ Texan.

Weaving the web

Yoopers, Trolls, and Detroiters: Perceptions of Michiganders' talk

UP Englishes

A blog of Kathryn who is a Socio-cultural linguist who studies language and identity in Michigan‚s Upper Peninsula.

Why I love Kansas

Daily Kos

A discussion by people who love the state of Kansas.

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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