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“I am with child.” My temples pounded. All strength was gone.
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 20, 2021
- 3 min
Marya of the Wood: In the Wilds of North Sandwich
It is time to rest, to reflect on the past season, find the creative, dark womb, and curl up beside the fire.
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
- Oct 3, 2021
- 3 min
Going Once! Going Twice! Auctioning the Poor
Unlike the traditional auction, the pauper was sold to the lowest bidder.
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.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 26, 2021
- 2 min
We Are Each Other's Light
It is unnecessary to wait for what we perceive as the perfect opportunity or the right conditions.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 21, 2021
- 4 min
Marya of the Wood: We Are All Someone's Child
Be worth coming home to out of desire, not desperation. Be the firm shelter, not the ruins.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Marya of the Wood: Wildly Imperfect Apples
The apple trees in the horse pasture behind the barn of my childhood were abundant with wildly imperfect apples.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Unknowing Is the Knowing: Where Do the Children Play?
With little or no change, Monday always showed up in our world.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Where the River Leads
We tend to go with the flow but have no idea where the river leads.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
A Monocle Curl
She said that only very special people had a monocle curl and that they saw things differently.
Mj Pettengill
- Sep 1, 2021
- 0 min
Wellness Check
Emotional and Spiritual Wellness Check
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 27, 2021
- 3 min
The Farmer and the Farmer's Wife
An egg about to crack open becomes a favorite moment.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 23, 2021
- 5 min
Marya of the Wood: The Joy of the Cardinal’s Song
Within a few days, it was perched on the branch beside the nest, bringing back memories of when my own children prepared to leave...
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
From the Author's Pen: Know When You Are Called Upon
Imagine sitting in the middle of a field of anonymous graves with nothing to go on but intuition.
Mj Pettengill
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
From the Author's Pen: Be the Tree
The trees help old souls reach out to me, begging for their stories to be told. Until that time, it is they who need consoling.
Down from the Tree - Book Three
Samuel J. Hodgdon II
A Boy ~ A Vision ~ A Knowing Tree
The Journey Continues
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