Mj Pettengill
'Til The Cows Come Home
My grandparents were guides for my future self, succeeding as both the farmer and the farmer’s wife.
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Mj Pettengill
- Aug 12
- 1 min
Where It All Began: Alumna Discovers Unmarked Graves
Union Institute & University Article Features Mj Pettengill, Author
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 30
- 2 min
NUTRITIOUS SUMAC LEMONADE
If you were blindfolded and tasted Sumac Lemonade, you would think it was an authentic citrus lemonade.
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 12
- 1 min
The Beauty of Yarrow
I honor the sacred blossoms of pink and white that grace the fields of Marigold Moon. However, I am especially drawn to the feathery...
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 4
- 2 min
God's Finale: My Fireworks Have Wings
“But I know where the real finale is, and we can beat the traffic.”
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 29
- 1 min
Celebrate Weeds and Bees!
I have many wild spaces in the fields of Marigold Moon. It is vital to provide these spaces for Our Mother's expression, for the plants...
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Summer Night, Riverside
In the wild soft summer darkness...
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 18
- 6 min
Dear Dad
I feel blessed to have had you as my earthly father and honor the gifts you gave me in life that continue to unfold.
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 13
- 2 min
The Vacant Chair
"We shall meet, but we shall miss him; there will be one vacant chair;
We shall linger to caress him when we breathe our evening prayer."
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Good Day Sunshine: St. John's Wort
"St. John’s wort doth charm all the witches away. If gathered at midnight on the saint’s holy day. And devils and witches have no power...
Mj Pettengill
- May 28
- 1 min
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields By John McCrae In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the...
Mj Pettengill
- May 22
- 1 min
Oh, Bear
...born of another time...
Mj Pettengill
- May 13
- 3 min
A Call for Peace
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them of charity, mercy, and patience.
Mj Pettengill
- May 3
- 2 min
Honor the "Elderly"
I am a social historian and healer. I will not only use the term "ELDERS," but I will celebrate it and them.
Mj Pettengill
- May 1
- 1 min
May Day
The smell of wet wild earth
Is everywhere.
Mj Pettengill
- Apr 19
- 2 min
Sing Again
It is with love, joy, and concern that I hear messages woven within an earthly tapestry of sacred harmony.
Mj Pettengill
- Apr 10
- 2 min
The Proverbial Pathway
I am greeted by the bird chorus in the Singing Tree each morning.
Mj Pettengill
- Apr 3
- 3 min
To Be a Helium Balloon
So instead of going on about how I authentically care for the planet and its inhabitants, I am celebrating a week or so of silence.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Mustering With the Sixth NH
It was oddly festive for such an unfortunate event.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Happy Birthday, Bach
For his music to be played with so much love and respect, three hundred and thirty-eight years later, I think he deserves a cake.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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