Ancestral Healing

All Posts
Plant Medicine / Wildcraft
Etched in Granite
American History - 19th Century
Reflections
Rewilding
Marya's Mother
Healing
Ancestral Healing
Nature Journal
Homeschool
Memoir
The Writing Process
Poetry Share

The Original Mother's Day Proclamation: Call for Peace

Mj Pettengill

May 9
3 min

The 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!" Julia Ward Howe, 1870

Mj Pettengill

May 6
4 min

It Made Me a Better Farmer

Daddy always said that when somethin’ is born, somethin’ dies, and when somethin’ dies, somethin’ is born—livestock, deadstock.

Secrets Inside of a  Patient Violet Cloud

Mj Pettengill

May 4
3 min

Secrets Inside of a  Patient Violet Cloud

I was just eight years old when I had the idea to play in the cemetery and stop and read the stones.

Mj Pettengill

Apr 30
2 min

Marya's Mother: Bleeding at the Roots

Together, we navigated the enduring darkness born from life—a tree no longer bleeding at the roots.

Mj Pettengill

Apr 28
3 min

Waiting on the Auction Block

Unlike the traditional auction, familiar to us in modern times, the pauper was sold to the lowest bidder.

Which Side Are You On? From the Author's Pen

Mj Pettengill

Apr 21
2 min

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.”

Mj Pettengill

Apr 18
6 min

A Rootless Tree Cannot Reach the Light

My question today is, would my Puritan ancestors send me to the gallows?

Mj Pettengill

Apr 11
3 min

Remembering Innocence

These ghosts still wander, reminding me of who we were in what seemed to be another lifetime.

Mj Pettengill

Mar 28
4 min

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
2 min

Her Truth

In the end, what haunted her in her youth had become what she lived for.

From the Author's Pen: The Space Left Behind

Mj Pettengill

Mar 24
3 min

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 17
4 min

The Soil of My Native Homeland

The ships stayed in port, not intended for the ravenous folk with empty bellies and rattlin’ bones—

Mj Pettengill

Mar 14
5 min

If It Is in You, Pray

Yes, the shadows are menacing, but we are equipped to find our way.

Mj Pettengill

Mar 12
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
3 min

Where Do the Children Play?

We do not witness the atrocities connected to most of what we consume in our daily lives.

From the Author's Pen: When the Stories Find Me

Mj Pettengill

Feb 28
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 26
5 min

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 22
4 min

Becoming Undaughtered: Part 1

Salem was just a drop in the ocean...

Mj Pettengill

Feb 20
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 18
4 min

Do Not Fear the Dark

Where do the mysteries begin and end? The answer is nowhere and everywhere.

{"items":["60980ecadc5016001513dc5f","60946d71226c91001550bb34","6091c18e1cada30016e559c7","608c6875a974810058eb8a7c","6089868e86632700161926b2","608081cef1725100570c3463","607ca07c2605c900157c7da2","60733e228fe3cd0015895005","6060ead09500ca001647d40f","605e0af932520d0016030fbb","605b634ba400c200577299c0","6051f31ecb68c40015597d86","604e87fb8f289e0015a5346f","604bebc7befabc005722b566","6048b5b4935384002c617100","603bfda7b2e64b005984c988","6039382afb02090043d010c4","60343bddc090170017fc54f4","6031893a3fee29002d9321b7","602ef92b17bb4d0017cb93eb"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":1060,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_12","value":"rgba(164,6,6,0.75)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":1060,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":1060,"galleryWidth":1092,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}

2 3 4 5

Mj Pettengill

Down from the Tree - Book Three Samuel J. Hodgdon II A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree The Journey Continues

Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues