Becoming Undaughtered: Part 1
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Salem was just a drop in the ocean...
Mj Pettengill
- Feb 20, 2021
- 6 min
It Doesn't Begin With You
It’s human nature to believe that our circumstances are unique. To a degree, they are. For the most part, we have been here and done this...
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 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 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 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 4, 2021
- 3 min
Marya of the Wood: Sound and Unbroken
When it is too cold, I look beyond the intricate ice fractals painted on the inside of the kitchen window. I seek that which hides deep...
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 28, 2020
- 1 min
The Now Moon
Do you go deeper into the dream?
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Ballad of a Sandwich Girl: Killing Picasso
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 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 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 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.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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