Mj Pettengill

In time, I will share what I have learned—another aspect of social death in a world that is seemingly waking up.

The record keepers have had a tendency to experience convenient historical amnesia.

The air is thin as twilight aches with clarity, and the almost-full moon illuminates a dreamy, snow-covered world. I stare out the...

Where is the love? When we are wrapped up in whatever we are doing, it may appear as if everything stays the same. As time passes, one...

I learned that without kindness, a soul will droop rapidly...

If my response to what I learn is daunting, I examine why I am being affected as much as I am.

If you are still lost, I wish you well in your wandering. I beg you to trust your own compass at every turn.

One laughed and the other wept. At nightfall, I slept on the banks of Crooked River under the shelter of stars.

I fell asleep to the sound of rain on the roof. During other seasons, this is of great comfort. However, not now, not here. One of my...

It is about knowing that these souls, and many like them, although hidden, once walked amongst us in time.

No friend to wipe the sweat of death...

Honor and share and leave room for that which is undreamed. Throughout eternity, may our souls not divide.

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...

They called her Flossie. I vaguely remember that photo, looking into her sparkling, clear eyes, detecting an air of innocence. Before I...

He placed the lifeless body on the ground and leaned the gun against the white picket fence.

After extricating myself from the deep, black mud...

Every day is a gift—not the kind packaged neatly under a tree or stuffed in an old sock dangling from a fireplace mantle.

Of course, we could provide store-bought mittens, but those crafted by hand offer much more warmth and stability.

How odd was this swirling of love and anticipation—these tears fueled by joy.

All life is sacred, and every living thing is a teacher.