Mj Pettengill
When Fear Swallows the Light: Seeing in the Dark
If you can, go way back, even back into the womb, before coming into the world, into the light. Can you still see in the dark?
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Mj Pettengill
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Veterans Day: A Letter to my Son
In my mind, I still tuck you in at night.
Mj Pettengill
Nov 9, 20204 min read
The Food Bank: Inhabiting Hunger
I have unveiled harrowing scenes, imagining food that is not fit for pigs, and placed myself at the table.
Mj Pettengill
Nov 7, 20203 min read
In Search of Spiritual Refreshment
I re-read Abigail’s letter, starin’ at the words, “county farm.” It was as if I had learned of her death.
Mj Pettengill
Nov 6, 20202 min read
Do Bears **** in the Woods?
YES! ... not only in the woods but in the yard behind my kitchen as well. One young bear who lives nearby is familiar with me and my...
Mj Pettengill
Nov 5, 20203 min read
The Fate of a November Spider
There are many spiders here. I used to scream and break into a sweat when I saw the big ones. That was a long time ago. Being out in the...
Mj Pettengill
Nov 2, 20201 min read
The Other Side of a Blue Moon
Left unguarded, we have come perilously close to losing each other. With it comes the danger of loss of self. We must remain rooted in...
Mj Pettengill
Nov 1, 20204 min read
Historical Amnesia: From the Author's Pen
I spend much time exploring dark places—places where we are typically unwelcome. There are no complaints here. I signed up for it. I made...
Mj Pettengill
Oct 30, 20204 min read
The Eye of the Storm: A Stream of Consciousness
Blogs... I usually write the first draft, run it through my editing software, re-read it a few times (once aloud), and then post it. The...
Mj Pettengill
Oct 28, 20206 min read
Emerge from the Shadows: Calling Me Home
This time it’s different. Whenever I experience the shift of one season into the next, there is often an aspect of longing. The...
Mj Pettengill
Oct 23, 20204 min read
Forget Me Not: The Illusion
Facing fear in a rigged system while raising children—keeping them warm, fed, and sheltered—is downright perilous and unpredictable.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 18, 20203 min read
Skeletons of the Past Season
I have learned to appreciate all phases of that which was once thriving and full of life.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 16, 20205 min read
Her Tree
It was hard to believe that my feet were on the same earth where Mamma’s feet once were. I wondered if the earth would have known that...
Mj Pettengill
Oct 14, 20201 min read
Nurturing Your Creative Inner Garden
It is much like tending to your inner garden and watching it grow.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 9, 20202 min read
Kids and Trains: Meet August
They would take you out and beat you senseless if they found you hidin’ in a car. I only got caught once, and that was enough for me.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 7, 20205 min read
THE POOR: LENDING THEIR SECRETS PART 4
With this new-found freedom came the challenges of women working for pennies a day while boosting a handful of already influential families
Mj Pettengill
Oct 4, 20201 min read
A Sinner Prepares For Church: October 6, 1872
I longed for the time when God shined His candle about my head as in the days of my youth.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 1, 20207 min read
Ancestral Healing: Where Does it Begin?
We continue to pass along the grief and pain of those before us, and in time, forget their origins. We inherit their losses.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 29, 20204 min read
Grandmother Wisdom: The Other Maryjane
I slid into the role of making the most incredible piccalilli east of the Mississippi River.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 27, 20206 min read
Oh, Won’t You Stay? (Just a Little Bit Longer)
I’m married to the land and creatures that share this space, drifting in and out, leaving footprints behind.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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