Mj Pettengill

We are a sum of those fragments of ourselves that we may not even remember, and they are often fueling us.

There's a patch of old snow in a corner That I should have guessed Was a blow-away paper the rain Had brought to rest. It is speckled...

E. E. CUMMINGS what if a much of a which of a wind gives truth to the summer's lie; bloodies with dizzying leaves the sun and yanks...

To me, the most incredible fact about opossums is that they consume thousands of ticks. I happen to live in a tick-infested area.

Salem was just a drop in the ocean...

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...

Where do the mysteries begin and end? The answer is nowhere and everywhere.

My native culture and traditions have taught me that the barred owl is a messenger, a bringer of wisdom.

Harmony—the common roots that we share with others—will always prevail.

Without such knowledge and wisdom, we are but rootless trees, destined to fall in the raging storms that continue to plague us.

The record keepers have had a tendency to experience convenient historical amnesia.

The air is thin as twilight aches with clarity, and the almost-full moon illuminates a dreamy, snow-covered world. I stare out the...

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...

I learned that without kindness, a soul will droop rapidly...

If my response to what I learn is daunting, I examine why I am being affected as much as I am.

Impossible to focus on one group without the others, and as divided as they appeared to be, they were bound by their afflictions.

If you are still lost, I wish you well in your wandering. I beg you to trust your own compass at every turn.

One laughed and the other wept. At nightfall, I slept on the banks of Crooked River under the shelter of stars.

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...

Tho’ she often spoke of the rules, she broke them when she saw fit.