Mj PettengillSep 17, 20204 minThe Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 2The practice of auctioning the poor is a form of indentured servitude, a custom in this country that dates back to the first settlers...
Mj PettengillSep 15, 20203 minDare to Finish LastYou can be a strong force within yourself, family, and community without raising an angry fist.
Mj PettengillSep 11, 20206 minThe Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 1Buried deep in the bones of the earth, in dusty, misplaced archives, and scribbled in faded, yellowed diaries, their stories exist.
Mj PettengillSep 4, 20206 minNellie: Upon the Bare EarthThere was light there, in the homeland of old stories, but not enough. I had been there too long.
Mj PettengillSep 2, 20204 minShoo Away the Ghosts: Simple AcknowledgmentWhere was God when it happened?
Mj PettengillAug 20, 20204 minKnowing How to See: Reclaiming the 298Reaching into the corners of uncertain blackness, I saw the dimmest light, that of a dying candle. It was enough to almost blind me.
Mj PettengillAug 10, 20203 minA Magical BoyThat sacred site is an archetypal and genealogical vault filled with memories intended to be forgotten...
Mj PettengillAug 6, 20204 minHome Sweet Home Her dress was nothin’ more than a collection of scraps held together by a thread that was about to let go.
Mj PettengillJul 26, 20203 minIn the Bits and Pieces: Who Are These Numbered Souls?I wasn’t the boy they wanted me to become. I was still me, one of them.
Mj PettengillJul 16, 20203 minRemember Me, But Forget My Fate!I was forgotten before the ink dried; there would be no wastin’ of tears.
Mj PettengillJul 14, 20202 minWho Are These Numbered Souls?I come before You, meek and lowly in heart...
Mj PettengillJun 12, 20203 minFound Drowned What I saw didn’t make sense. I could have sworn that she walked straight into the water, nearly up to her waist. My heart pounded.
Mj PettengillMay 30, 20205 minDown from the Tree: Untamed RoomsThat was when I knew that we had to find a way to get music at the Farm.
Mj PettengillMay 10, 20201 minThe Book of Numbered Souls: # 188However, in grace, she rose up against her punishers, keepin’ whole her spirit and pure her heart.
Mj PettengillMay 9, 20203 minThe Original Mother's Day Proclamation: Call for Peace From the bosom of the devastated earth, a voice goes up with our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"
Mj PettengillApr 26, 20203 minHer Truth The difference between us was that I found comfort in the heart of a tree while he went deep into a cave.
Mj PettengillApr 19, 20207 minOf Ordinary PeopleThroughout time, in many dire settings, I have learned that as divided as they appeared to be, people were often bound by their afflictions.
Mj PettengillApr 17, 20206 minThe Book of Numbered SoulsToday, many are intrigued, longing for more information surrounding the history of mass burial grounds in New York City, across the country
Mj PettengillMar 17, 20203 minThe Ghosts of Grosse ÎleEarlier, I would have been captivated by the beauty of the tall fir trees on the shores, or the lighthouse and small cottages...
Mj PettengillMar 5, 20204 minThe Soul of a BoyWe must rethink this way of being so that we may recover wholeness and well-being in our boys turned men.