The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 3
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When we finally summon the courage to view our past, we may awaken from our troubled dreams.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Marya of the Wood: Follow the Ferns
Follow the ferns into the ancient past, the untold stories of the land.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 20, 2020
- 5 min
I Screamed at God - (Excerpt)
I reached towards the wreckage of my whole existence.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 2
The practice of auctioning the poor is a form of indentured servitude, a custom in this country that dates back to the first settlers...
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Dare to Finish Last
You can be a strong force within yourself, family, and community without raising an angry fist.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 11, 2020
- 6 min
The Poor: Lending Their Secrets, Part 1
Buried deep in the bones of the earth, in dusty, misplaced archives, and scribbled in faded, yellowed diaries, their stories exist.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Sitting in the Dirt: Marya of the Wood
It's all about remembering our instincts and long-forgotten wild ways.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 4, 2020
- 6 min
Nellie: Upon the Bare Earth
There was light there, in the homeland of old stories, but not enough. I had been there too long.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Shoo Away the Ghosts: Simple Acknowledgment
Where was God when it happened?
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 29, 2020
- 5 min
Marya of the Wood: I Left My Soul in the Pond of Mirth
Layers of rot and decay became raw—a rich scent of being—an invitation to pause and feel the silken grit all the way through to the bone.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 25, 2020
- 3 min
A Bug Crank
So, you might as well get used to us. We try to come out a few nights a week until it gets cold.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 23, 2020
- 5 min
Marya of the Wood: The Last Note
One of the most essential elements of these healing gifts has been stitched into a higher awareness of my sense of belonging.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
Knowing How to See: Reclaiming the 298
Reaching into the corners of uncertain blackness, I saw the dimmest light, that of a dying candle. It was enough to almost blind me.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
Marya of the Wood: The Sacred River
As we stumble along unfamiliar terrain, we begin to understand that we are not searching for a pot of gold. We are here for the rainbow.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
A Magical Boy
That sacred site is an archetypal and genealogical vault filled with memories intended to be forgotten...
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 6, 2020
- 4 min
Home Sweet Home
Her dress was nothin’ more than a collection of scraps held together by a thread that was about to let go.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 1, 2020
- 5 min
Apple Trees, Wheelbarrows, and Herding Cats
It was muggy, too hot for him to be wearing a tattered brown sweater buttoned all the way up to his chin.
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
In the Bits and Pieces: Who Are These Numbered Souls?
I wasn’t the boy they wanted me to become. I was still me, one of them.
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Three Strikes in a Paper Doll World
... is it time to step into your paper doll persona and give a big silent cheer? There is no right or wrong, there just is.
Mj Pettengill
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Remember Me, But Forget My Fate!
I was forgotten before the ink dried; there would be no wastin’ of tears.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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