Mj Pettengill
Nurturing Your Creative Inner Garden
It is much like tending to your inner garden and watching it grow.
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Mj Pettengill
Oct 11, 20206 min read
Marya of the Wood: Dream-Walk
Within the first moment of meditation, I heard a rustling in the leaves.
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.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 25, 20201 min read
Who Are These Numbered Souls? Number 185 Reclaimed
I am pleased that Roxana Jackson—Number 185—in the "Book of Numbered Souls," has been reclaimed.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 24, 20205 min read
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 3
When we finally summon the courage to view our past, we may awaken from our troubled dreams.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Marya of the Wood: Follow the Ferns
Follow the ferns into the ancient past, the untold stories of the land.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 20, 20205 min read
I Screamed at God - (Excerpt)
I reached towards the wreckage of my whole existence.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 17, 20204 min read
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 2
The practice of auctioning the poor is a form of indentured servitude, a custom in this country that dates back to the first settlers...
Mj Pettengill
Sep 15, 20203 min read
Dare to Finish Last
You can be a strong force within yourself, family, and community without raising an angry fist.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 11, 20206 min read
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 1
Buried deep in the bones of the earth, in dusty, misplaced archives, and scribbled in faded, yellowed diaries, their stories exist.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 8, 20203 min read
Sitting in the Dirt: Marya of the Wood
It's all about remembering our instincts and long-forgotten wild ways.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 4, 20206 min read
Nellie: Upon the Bare Earth
There was light there, in the homeland of old stories, but not enough. I had been there too long.
Mj Pettengill
Sep 2, 20204 min read
Shoo Away the Ghosts: Simple Acknowledgment
Where was God when it happened?
Mj Pettengill
Aug 29, 20205 min read
Marya of the Wood: I Left My Soul in the Pond of Mirth
Layers of rot and decay became raw—a rich scent of being—an invitation to pause and feel the silken grit all the way through to the bone.
Mj Pettengill
Aug 25, 20203 min read
A Bug Crank
So, you might as well get used to us. We try to come out a few nights a week until it gets cold.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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