Marya's Mother: What's in a Name (Again)
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Unearthing and transmuting historical trauma and ancestral wounds is a way back to the light. The journey is beyond reflective.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 5
Leave no stone unturned, as the right information may be tucked away in the wrong place.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Marya of the Wood: Healing in the Wild
I have a little studio in the woods. I love this space.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 17, 2020
- 5 min
Marya of the Wood: Blue Jay Way
My instincts were to frown and wish away those pests, those greedy hoodlums. But then I realized that blue jays are not bad.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
A Farewell Kiss: An Unfortunate Event
I finally owned up to the truth. My own will and desire created him in the wind.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
The Food Bank: Inhabiting Hunger
I have unveiled harrowing scenes, imagining food that is not fit for pigs, and placed myself at the table.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
The Fate of a November Spider
There are many spiders here. I used to scream and break into a sweat when I saw the big ones. That was a long time ago. Being out in the...
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 1, 2020
- 4 min
Historical Amnesia: From the Author's Pen
I spend much time exploring dark places—places where we are typically unwelcome. There are no complaints here. I signed up for it. I made...
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
Forget Me Not: The Illusion
Facing fear in a rigged system while raising children—keeping them warm, fed, and sheltered—is downright perilous and unpredictable.
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 4, 2020
- 1 min
A Sinner Prepares For Church: October 6, 1872
I longed for the time when God shined His candle about my head as in the days of my youth.
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 1, 2020
- 7 min
Ancestral Healing: Where Does it Begin?
We continue to pass along the grief and pain of those before us, and in time, forget their origins. We inherit their losses.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 29, 2020
- 4 min
Grandmother Wisdom: The Other Maryjane
I slid into the role of making the most incredible piccalilli east of the Mississippi River.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 3
When we finally summon the courage to view our past, we may awaken from our troubled dreams.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 20, 2020
- 5 min
I Screamed at God - (Excerpt)
I reached towards the wreckage of my whole existence.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 2
The practice of auctioning the poor is a form of indentured servitude, a custom in this country that dates back to the first settlers...
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Dare to Finish Last
You can be a strong force within yourself, family, and community without raising an angry fist.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 11, 2020
- 6 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 1
Buried deep in the bones of the earth, in dusty, misplaced archives, and scribbled in faded, yellowed diaries, their stories exist.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 4, 2020
- 6 min
Nellie: Upon the Bare Earth
There was light there, in the homeland of old stories, but not enough. I had been there too long.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Shoo Away the Ghosts: Simple Acknowledgment
Where was God when it happened?
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 29, 2020
- 5 min
Marya of the Wood: I Left My Soul in the Pond of Mirth
Layers of rot and decay became raw—a rich scent of being—an invitation to pause and feel the silken grit all the way through to the bone.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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