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Yes, the shadows are menacing, but we are equipped to find our way.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 12, 2021
- 4 min
Over The Hill from The Poor-house
I am inspired by others' offerings. This particular poem is deeply moving. The love for mother brought about tears. Reaching into the...
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
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 20, 2021
- 6 min
It Doesn't Begin With You
It’s human nature to believe that our circumstances are unique. To a degree, they are. For the most part, we have been here and done this...
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 14, 2021
- 2 min
What if He Doesn't show?
He was an agreeable fellow, but I had given my whole heart to Silas.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Life to a Dying Willow Tree
Harmony—the common roots that we share with others—will always prevail.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
From the Author's Pen: Another Version of the Truth
Without such knowledge and wisdom, we are but rootless trees, destined to fall in the raging storms that continue to plague us.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Fallen Ones: Dying a Social Death
In time, I will share what I have learned—another aspect of social death in a world that is seemingly waking up.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight
The record keepers have had a tendency to experience convenient historical amnesia.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Strength for Future Woes
I learned that without kindness, a soul will droop rapidly...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Incredible Angels of Etched in Granite
Impossible to focus on one group without the others, and as divided as they appeared to be, they were bound by their afflictions.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Book of Numbered Souls: #140
She stood waiting in my doorway, which is often ajar. I invited her in and still carry her with me.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
From the Author's Pen: Nellie's Silent Song
One laughed and the other wept. At nightfall, I slept on the banks of Crooked River under the shelter of stars.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Strength of an Inmate: Who Is Agnes?
When she shared her hard-earned wisdom, it required time, possibly years, to comprehend the fullness of it.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 14, 2021
- 5 min
From the Author's Pen: The Sanctuary
Tho’ she often spoke of the rules, she broke them when she saw fit.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 12, 2021
- 5 min
Intentionally Forgotten: The Book of Numbered Souls
It is about knowing that these souls, and many like them, although hidden, once walked amongst us in time.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Pauper’s Grave ~ Benjamin Cutler Clark
No friend to wipe the sweat of death...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
That Which is Undreamed
Honor and share and leave room for that which is undreamed. Throughout eternity, may our souls not divide.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 6, 2021
- 5 min
Coming Down from the Tree...
Many folks who have read Etched in Granite (Book One) ask, "What about Samuel?" Down from the Tree (Book Three) brings us to the heart...
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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