Mj Pettengill
From the Author's Pen: The Space Left Behind
What was lost may be gone forever, but you can seek and create a new world in the space left behind.
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Mj Pettengill
Mar 21, 20211 min read
The Greening
With all of the snow piled up around us, it had become an unintended commitment. I didn’t give it much thought. It just happened.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 17, 20214 min read
The Soil of My Native Homeland
The ships stayed in port, not intended for the ravenous folk with empty bellies and rattlin’ bones—
Mj Pettengill
Mar 14, 20215 min read
If It Is in You, Pray
Yes, the shadows are menacing, but we are equipped to find our way.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 12, 20214 min read
Over The Hill from The Poor-house
I am inspired by others' offerings. This particular poem is deeply moving. The love for mother brought about tears. Reaching into the...
Mj Pettengill
Mar 10, 20213 min read
Where Do the Children Play? Re-membering
We do not witness the atrocities connected to most of what we consume in our daily lives.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 28, 20214 min read
From the Author's Pen: When the Stories Find Me
I must be ready to step into the truth. It is time to roll up my sleeves and be prepared to make my way through years of blood and guts.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 20, 20216 min read
It Doesn't Begin With You
It’s human nature to believe that our circumstances are unique. To a degree, they are. For the most part, we have been here and done this...
Mj Pettengill
Feb 14, 20212 min read
What if He Doesn't show?
He was an agreeable fellow, but I had given my whole heart to Silas.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 11, 20213 min read
Life to a Dying Willow Tree
Harmony—the common roots that we share with others—will always prevail.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 9, 20213 min read
From the Author's Pen: Another Version of the Truth
Without such knowledge and wisdom, we are but rootless trees, destined to fall in the raging storms that continue to plague us.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 6, 20213 min read
The Fallen Ones: Dying a Social Death
In time, I will share what I have learned—another aspect of social death in a world that is seemingly waking up.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 4, 20214 min read
Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight
The record keepers have had a tendency to experience convenient historical amnesia.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 29, 20211 min read
The Strength for Future Woes
I learned that without kindness, a soul will droop rapidly...
Mj Pettengill
Jan 25, 20213 min read
The Incredible Angels of Etched in Granite
Impossible to focus on one group without the others, and as divided as they appeared to be, they were bound by their afflictions.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 23, 20213 min read
The Book of Numbered Souls: #140
She stood waiting in my doorway, which is often ajar. I invited her in and still carry her with me.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 19, 20212 min read
From the Author's Pen: Nellie's Silent Song
One laughed and the other wept. At nightfall, I slept on the banks of Crooked River under the shelter of stars.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 15, 20212 min read
The Strength of an Inmate: Who Is Agnes?
When she shared her hard-earned wisdom, it required time, possibly years, to comprehend the fullness of it.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 14, 20215 min read
From the Author's Pen: The Sanctuary
Tho’ she often spoke of the rules, she broke them when she saw fit.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 12, 20215 min read
Intentionally Forgotten: The Book of Numbered Souls
It is about knowing that these souls, and many like them, although hidden, once walked amongst us in time.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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