Mj Pettengill
A Monocle Curl
She said that only very special people had a monocle curl and that they saw things differently.
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Mj Pettengill
Aug 20, 20213 min read
From the Author's Pen: Know When You Are Called Upon
Imagine sitting in the middle of a field of anonymous graves with nothing to go on but intuition.
Mj Pettengill
Jul 28, 20213 min read
When They Hauled Folks Away: From the Author's Pen
I stood and watched until Death’s cart was out of sight. I was not afraid. I could not say what I felt, but it was not fear.
Mj Pettengill
Jul 25, 20218 min read
The Soul of a Barn: From the Author's Pen
Remembering a barn and entering it is to remember my heart and enter my soul. I am confident that a wide assortment of thoughts and ideas...
Mj Pettengill
Jul 3, 20213 min read
From the Author's Pen: The Fourth of July at the Poor Farm
What did it mean to win or lose?
Mj Pettengill
Jun 27, 20219 min read
One Hundred and Forty-Three Years Ago Today
Tho’ I knew that mornin’ had indeed arrived, its general nature had gone wrong.
Mj Pettengill
Jun 15, 20213 min read
The Fireflies May Well Have Been Fairies
Had I left the fireflies alone, our stories may have taken a different turn.
Mj Pettengill
Jun 7, 20217 min read
Remember Me, But Forget My Fate
I am a historical whistleblower. It's what I do...
Mj Pettengill
May 28, 20213 min read
Three Rivers—Nellie’s Solemn Vow
Each time I cried for her, the river took me back in her rage. I fought White River until I could fight no more.
Mj Pettengill
May 26, 20213 min read
It Was the Good Too
Apparently, it isn’t who or what you worship, or where and why. It is about somethin’ much bigger than us, and we’re in it together.
Mj Pettengill
May 9, 20213 min read
The Original Mother's Day Proclamation: Call for Peace
From the bosom of the devastated earth, a voice goes up with our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"
Julia Ward Howe, 1870
Mj Pettengill
May 6, 20214 min read
It Made Me a Better Farmer
Daddy always said that when somethin’ is born, somethin’ dies, and when somethin’ dies, somethin’ is born—livestock, deadstock.
Mj Pettengill
Apr 28, 20213 min read
Waiting on the Auction Block
Unlike the traditional auction, familiar to us in modern times, the pauper was sold to the lowest bidder.
Mj Pettengill
Apr 26, 20216 min read
The Sound of Silence
Once again, regarding history, I emphasize acknowledgment over judgment.
Mj Pettengill
Apr 21, 20212 min read
Which Side Are You On? From the Author's Pen
“In God’s eyes, we are the same, no matter which side of the fence we are on.”
Mj Pettengill
Apr 18, 20216 min read
A Rootless Tree Cannot Reach the Light
My question today is, would my Puritan ancestors send me to the gallows?
Mj Pettengill
Apr 15, 20213 min read
The Secret Life of a Spinner
Except for Mary and August, no one knew about the attic...
Mj Pettengill
Apr 4, 20211 min read
Impossible Stairs
We was one of them tarnished families that only stepped foot inside a church for funerals and weddin’s. Mamma roped us into goin’ to...
Mj Pettengill
Apr 2, 20217 min read
The Circus is in Town: Excerpt
Usually done in by the end of the week, the girls were excited that P.T. Barnum’s circus was in town, and at the risk of penalty, took...
Mj Pettengill
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Her Truth
In the end, what haunted her in her youth had become what she lived for.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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