Mj Pettengill
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.”
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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 13, 20212 min read
The Edge of the Woods
I stand at the edge of the woods, observing the contrast between the remnants of winter—death—and signs of new life. Brown and green,...
Mj Pettengill
Apr 11, 20213 min read
Remembering Innocence
These ghosts still wander, reminding me of who we were in what seemed to be another lifetime.
Mj Pettengill
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Swirling
...trying to catch a massive waterfall in a shot glass.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 31, 20216 min read
Can You Hear Me Now? (Yes.)
At this time, I wish to share that I will have an online presence that does not require an act of God to accomplish.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Social Death, Addiction, and Angels
If you are suffering and believe there is nowhere to turn, please reconsider. Any shame, unworthiness, fear, or loss of hope can be faced...
Mj Pettengill
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Her Truth
In the end, what haunted her in her youth had become what she lived for.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 24, 20213 min read
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.
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 16, 20212 min read
Hope and a Fallen Rainbow
When my oldest son was three years old, he was convinced that a rainbow had fallen into the puddle...
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 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
Mar 8, 20212 min read
You Know the Way
If you have always relied on a lantern to see, it is time to extinguish it. You may have forgotten that you know the way.
Mj Pettengill
Mar 5, 20213 min read
A Sense of Longing
...it is essential to be informed, but at what cost?
Mj Pettengill
Mar 2, 20212 min read
An Avenging Spirit
At first, I thought it was a dream—the howling and rising pitch of the wind. Like an avenging spirit, it screeched over the rolling...
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 26, 20215 min read
Becoming Undaughtered: Part 2
We are a sum of those fragments of ourselves that we may not even remember, and they are often fueling us.
Mj Pettengill
Feb 26, 20211 min read
A Patch of Old Snow
There's a patch of old snow in a corner That I should have guessed Was a blow-away paper the rain Had brought to rest. It is speckled...
Mj Pettengill
Feb 25, 20211 min read
what if a much of a which of a wind
E. E. CUMMINGS what if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer's lie; bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun and yanks...
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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