Mj Pettengill
When to Come and When to Go
In bird time, it was equal to a half hour; in real-time, it was about thirty seconds.
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Mj Pettengill
- Aug 10, 2022
- 3 min
Good Soup and a Pure Heart
“Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart and cannot make a good soup.”
— Beethoven
Mj Pettengill
- Jun 30, 2022
- 5 min
Where the Magic Tree Stands
Until meeting Samuel, I was unaware that I had left a vital part of my soul in the heart of that tree.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Florence and the Lost Sisters
No selfies or social media posts were available for drumming up prayers or GoFundMe platforms to offer financial support.
Mj Pettengill
- Mar 10, 2022
- 6 min
All That Glitters Is Gold
Alchemy [ al-kuh-mee ]
Any magical power or process that transmutes a common substance, usually of little value, into a great deal of sense.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 4, 2022
- 4 min
Legends of the Little House
We were good girls breaking the rules, running around on the beach in the twilight hours in our pajamas.
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
I Might Dream You Home
It’s been so long since you went away, my butterscotch curls are silver and gray.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Warmth of Your Sweater: Undaughtered
It isn’t just a sweater; it’s the shelter of him—my father—his care and safety enveloping me as if I were a little girl again.
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
I Sang With the Angels
It seems that in my youth, I discovered the meaning of God; God is music.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Marya of the Wood: We Are All Someone's Child
Be worth coming home to out of desire, not desperation. Be the firm shelter, not the ruins.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Marya of the Wood: Wildly Imperfect Apples
The apple trees in the horse pasture behind the barn of my childhood were abundant with wildly imperfect apples.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Farmer and the Farmer's Wife
An egg about to crack open becomes a favorite moment.
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 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 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
- 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
- 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...
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 19, 2020
- 4 min
Ballad of a Sandwich Girl: Unaccompanied
In that one, undefined moment, the transformation was inevitable. The truth that had been pressing in came forth from the shadows. My...
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.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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