Mj PettengillApr 8, 20192 minPaying Homage For many years, my work has focused on cultural narrative and traditions, ancestral healing, intergenerational trauma integration, and...
Mj PettengillMay 13, 20183 minThe Original Mother's Day Proclamation: Call for PeaceWhat is Mother’s Day? There are endless possibilities. I will bypass Mother Earth [this time] and focus on the actual holiday itself....
Mj PettengillMay 8, 20172 minGarden Tears: Never Underestimate the RainRain is my constant companion. Although nearing mid-May, I continue to carry wood to keep the fire burning in the kitchen stove. I refuse...
Mj PettengillDec 24, 20162 minThe Kiss: A Christmas Story"O Holy Night" is significant to me and my family. It was very important to my father, because he sang it in his youth as a soloist at...
Mj PettengillNov 3, 20163 minA Pure, Unshakeable Reflection As time marches on, much of this cultural narrative remains ageless.
Mj PettengillFeb 18, 20162 minFrom Half Orphan to Orphan: Sitting in the First PewAway from the battlefields and horrific bloodshed of the Great War of the Rebellion, were other countless casualties, leaving behind many...
Mj PettengillDec 10, 20158 minO Christmas Tree! Reflections of a WildcrafterI was raised in what most would consider a traditional, rural New England family. When Christmastime rolled around, we would scurry about...
Mj PettengillOct 29, 20156 minRobert Frost : Chicken Farmer - Kindred SpiritWhen thinking of Robert Frost, one does not usually conjure up an image of a chicken fancier and farmer...
Mj PettengillAug 13, 20154 minThe Journey ContinuesAfter the loss of my father, I was in a place of sadness and mourning, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw a fluttering of orange ...