Ballad of a Sandwich Girl: Killing Picasso
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He placed the lifeless body on the ground and leaned the gun against the white picket fence.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Marya of the Wood: The Strong Silent Type
After extricating myself from the deep, black mud...
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 21, 2020
- 1 min
Yuletide Greetings
Every day is a gift—not the kind packaged neatly under a tree or stuffed in an old sock dangling from a fireplace mantle.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Mittens: Warm Hands, Warm Heart
Of course, we could provide store-bought mittens, but those crafted by hand offer much more warmth and stability.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Ballad of a Sandwich Girl: Which One are You?
How odd was this swirling of love and anticipation—these tears fueled by joy.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 8, 2020
- 4 min
Know Your Medicine
All life is sacred, and every living thing is a teacher.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
The Heart of Everything
It is up to us to reach down beyond those creaking bones and illuminate previously unseen and powerless souls.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Studio Event / Books & Nature's Merries
This is an opportunity for folks to stop in and get signed copies of books in the Etched in Granite Historical Fiction Series.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Ballad of a Sandwich Girl: Deals with God
If the choice is between horses, cows, or sisters, the cows are the audience of choice because they are polite.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Marya's Mother: What's in a Name (Again)
Unearthing and transmuting historical trauma and ancestral wounds is a way back to the light. The journey is beyond reflective.
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 13, 2020
- 4 min
When Fear Swallows the Light: Seeing in the Dark
If you can, go way back, even back into the womb, before coming into the world, into the light. Can you still see in the dark?
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Other Side of a Blue Moon
Left unguarded, we have come perilously close to losing each other. With it comes the danger of loss of self. We must remain rooted in...
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Eye of the Storm: A Stream of Consciousness
Blogs... I usually write the first draft, run it through my editing software, re-read it a few times (once aloud), and then post it. The...
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 28, 2020
- 6 min
Emerge from the Shadows: Calling Me Home
This time it’s different. Whenever I experience the shift of one season into the next, there is often an aspect of longing. The...
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Skeletons of the Past Season
I have learned to appreciate all phases of that which was once thriving and full of life.
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 11, 2020
- 6 min
Marya of the Wood: Dream-Walk
Within the first moment of meditation, I heard a rustling in the leaves.
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 27, 2020
- 6 min
Oh, Won’t You Stay? (Just a Little Bit Longer)
I’m married to the land and creatures that share this space, drifting in and out, leaving footprints behind.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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