Mj Pettengill
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Mj Pettengill
Mar 20, 20223 min read
We Belong to the Land: Marya of the Wood
Although there is much ado about it in health-food stores, this magical plant is somewhat overlooked and unacknowledged in its habitat.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 16, 20224 min read
Last Footprint Upon the Soil
We were not rich, but we were content, imperfect, and lovingly frayed around the edges.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Waiting for This Moment to Arise: Marya of the Wood
The song of the red-winged blackbird—sweet and clear—has strayed along the mountain path, finding its way home.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 10, 20226 min read
All That Glitters Is Gold
Alchemy [ al-kuh-mee ]
Any magical power or process that transmutes a common substance, usually of little value, into a great deal of sense.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 25, 20222 min read
I Long to Know the Hidden Truth
The very ancient ones are our guides. It is up to us to awaken to them.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 20, 20223 min read
The Gold He Left Behind
When my son was a little boy, he found a rock.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 4, 20224 min read
Legends of the Little House
We were good girls breaking the rules, running around on the beach in the twilight hours in our pajamas.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 2, 20222 min read
I Might Dream You Home
It’s been so long since you went away, my butterscotch curls are silver and gray.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 29, 20222 min read
A Feline's Gift in the Night
After all, she watches me unpack the shopping bags. I have a lot to learn about hunting.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 18, 20222 min read
A Hole in the Sky
It was a dream-filled night.
And I had lost my way.
Mj Pettengill
Jan 11, 20221 min read
It is in Giving That One Receives
May we remember who we are as humans and only offer love and support or nothing at all.
Mj Pettengill
Dec 29, 20212 min read
Honoring Elders Project
As time marches on, it is clear that respecting and honoring our elders has waned into non-existence.
Mj Pettengill
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Marya of the Wood: The Song Will Carry Us Home
When a great divide becomes as vast as an ocean between us, decide that your anchor is a sail
Mj Pettengill
Dec 18, 20213 min read
A Path Adorned With Snow Angels: An Inmate's First Christmas
May we always care about the truth. And may we not allow fear to lead the way.
Mj Pettengill
Dec 11, 20211 min read
From the Author's Pen: Quoting Nellie
...bringing me home to Cold River.
Mj Pettengill
Dec 7, 20213 min read
The Warmth of Your Sweater: Undaughtered
It isn’t just a sweater; it’s the shelter of him—my father—his care and safety enveloping me as if I were a little girl again.
Mj Pettengill
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Good Thoughts for Weary Minds
...may this food provide strength and energy for our tired limbs and good thoughts for our weary minds...
Mj Pettengill
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Veterans Day: A Thousand Letters from Home
They weren’t long letters, just brief newsy accounts from the home front. It was about that lifeline, that classic archetype of mother...
Mj Pettengill
Nov 7, 20215 min read
In Essence, the Truth is Hot
After all, we did not have a playbook so, we made up the rules as we went along.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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