A Sense of Longing
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Mj Pettengill
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...it is essential to be informed, but at what cost?
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 18, 2021
- 4 min
Do Not Fear the Dark
Where do the mysteries begin and end? The answer is nowhere and everywhere.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 16, 2021
- 5 min
The Owl Told Me So: Healing
My native culture and traditions have taught me that the barred owl is a messenger, a bringer of wisdom.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
The Fallen Ones: Dying a Social Death
In time, I will share what I have learned—another aspect of social death in a world that is seemingly waking up.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 4, 2021
- 4 min
Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight
The record keepers have had a tendency to experience convenient historical amnesia.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
When the Moon Stares Back
The air is thin as twilight aches with clarity, and the almost-full moon illuminates a dreamy, snow-covered world. I stare out the...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
If All Else Fails, Send Cookies
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...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Strength for Future Woes
I learned that without kindness, a soul will droop rapidly...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 27, 2021
- 3 min
So Now, I Pray for You
If my response to what I learn is daunting, I examine why I am being affected as much as I am.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
A Beautiful Mess: Secretly Dreaming
If you are still lost, I wish you well in your wandering. I beg you to trust your own compass at every turn.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
From the Author's Pen: Nellie's Silent Song
One laughed and the other wept. At nightfall, I slept on the banks of Crooked River under the shelter of stars.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 17, 2021
- 4 min
About Eve: Stand in Your Truth
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...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 12, 2021
- 5 min
Intentionally Forgotten: The Book of Numbered Souls
It is about knowing that these souls, and many like them, although hidden, once walked amongst us in time.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Pauper’s Grave ~ Benjamin Cutler Clark
No friend to wipe the sweat of death...
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 9, 2021
- 2 min
That Which is Undreamed
Honor and share and leave room for that which is undreamed. Throughout eternity, may our souls not divide.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 6, 2021
- 5 min
Coming Down from the Tree...
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...
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 30, 2020
- 5 min
Marya's Mother: A Box of Stuff
They called her Flossie. I vaguely remember that photo, looking into her sparkling, clear eyes, detecting an air of innocence. Before I...
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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