Mj Pettengill
Party Time for the Chipsters
How can you not love such darlings with their fat little cheeks full to exploding with nuts and seeds?
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Mj Pettengill
Oct 26, 20218 min read
The Joys of Brotherhood: Saying Goodbye
We were so proud to be Americans. We had an idea of who we were. We had each others’ backs.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 22, 20215 min read
Marya: Over the River and Through the Wood
We will find each other again and again, suspended between the wildness of Heaven and Earth...
Mj Pettengill
Oct 16, 20215 min read
When I Am Laid in Earth
The primary source of collective and individual trauma related to the County Farm is rooted in profound unawareness.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 12, 20213 min read
I Sang With the Angels
It seems that in my youth, I discovered the meaning of God; God is music.
Mj Pettengill
Oct 6, 20212 min read
The Truth About Our Ignorance
If we do not comprehend and harmonize with our own ignorance, we will not find forgiveness for ourselves and for those we label as ignorant.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 30, 20215 min read
Grateful to Be In It
I had never played for such a vast and diverse audience—on both sides of the fence—it mattered not that they were, in fact, dead.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 26, 20212 min read
We Are Each Other's Light
It is unnecessary to wait for what we perceive as the perfect opportunity or the right conditions.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 21, 20214 min read
Marya of the Wood: We Are All Someone's Child
Be worth coming home to out of desire, not desperation. Be the firm shelter, not the ruins.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Marya of the Wood: Wildly Imperfect Apples
The apple trees in the horse pasture behind the barn of my childhood were abundant with wildly imperfect apples.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 10, 20213 min read
The Unknowing Is the Knowing: Where Do the Children Play?
With little or no change, Monday always showed up in our world.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 5, 20213 min read
Where the River Leads
We tend to go with the flow but have no idea where the river leads.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 2, 20212 min read
A Monocle Curl
She said that only very special people had a monocle curl and that they saw things differently.
Mj Pettengill
Aug 27, 20213 min read
The Farmer and the Farmer's Wife
An egg about to crack open becomes a favorite moment.
Mj Pettengill
Aug 23, 20215 min read
Marya of the Wood: The Joy of the Cardinal’s Song
Within a few days, it was perched on the branch beside the nest, bringing back memories of when my own children prepared to leave...
Mj Pettengill
Aug 16, 20212 min read
From the Author's Pen: Be the Tree
The trees help old souls reach out to me, begging for their stories to be told. Until that time, it is they who need consoling.
Mj Pettengill
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Marya of the Wood: Not Your Mother's Pearl Necklace
My pilgrimage has taken me beyond the mediocrity of the everyday world.
Mj Pettengill
Aug 5, 20211 min read
I Dreamt I Was a Butterfly
“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious...
Mj Pettengill
Aug 4, 20213 min read
Marya of the Wood: Any Painting, Dream, or Memory
I understand the significance of staying on the path. Although, getting lost in the woods has brought about countless valuable lessons.
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...
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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