Legends of the Little House
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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
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
A Feline's Gift in the Night
After all, she watches me unpack the shopping bags. I have a lot to learn about hunting.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
A Hole in the Sky
It was a dream-filled night.
And I had lost my way.
Mj Pettengill
- Jan 11, 2022
- 1 min
It is in Giving That One Receives
May we remember who we are as humans and only offer love and support or nothing at all.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
Honoring Elders Project
As time marches on, it is clear that respecting and honoring our elders has waned into non-existence.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Marya of the Wood: The Song Will Carry Us Home
When a great divide becomes as vast as an ocean between us, decide that your anchor is a sail
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 18, 2021
- 3 min
A Path Adorned With Snow Angels: An Inmate's First Christmas
May we always care about the truth. And may we not allow fear to lead the way.
Mj Pettengill
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
From the Author's Pen: Quoting Nellie
...bringing me home to Cold River.
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
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Good Thoughts for Weary Minds
...may this food provide strength and energy for our tired limbs and good thoughts for our weary minds...
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Veterans Day: A Thousand Letters from Home
They weren’t long letters, just brief newsy accounts from the home front. It was about that lifeline, that classic archetype of mother...
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 7, 2021
- 5 min
In Essence, the Truth is Hot
After all, we did not have a playbook so, we made up the rules as we went along.
Mj Pettengill
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Party Time for the Chipsters
How can you not love such darlings with their fat little cheeks full to exploding with nuts and seeds?
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 26, 2021
- 8 min
The Joys of Brotherhood: Saying Goodbye
We were so proud to be Americans. We had an idea of who we were. We had each others’ backs.
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 23, 2021
- 5 min
Marya: Over the River and Through the Wood
We will find each other again and again, suspended between the wildness of Heaven and Earth...
Mj Pettengill
- Oct 16, 2021
- 5 min
When I Am Laid in Earth
The primary source of collective and individual trauma related to the County Farm is rooted in profound unawareness.
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
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
The Truth About Our Ignorance
If we do not comprehend and harmonize with our own ignorance, we will not find forgiveness for ourselves and for those we label as ignorant.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Grateful to Be In It
I had never played for such a vast and diverse audience—on both sides of the fence—it mattered not that they were, in fact, dead.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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