The Original Mother's Day Proclamation: Call for Peace
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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, 2021
- 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.
Mj Pettengill
- May 4, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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.
Mj Pettengill
- Apr 21, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 2 min
Her Truth
In the end, what haunted her in her youth had become what she lived for.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 24, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 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 26, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 4 min
Becoming Undaughtered: Part 1
Salem was just a drop in the ocean...
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 18, 2021
- 4 min
Do Not Fear the Dark
Where do the mysteries begin and end? The answer is nowhere and everywhere.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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