Mj Pettengill4 days ago4 min readMay the Little Ones Be Mothered: A Thanksgiving Prayer"May the little ones be mothered, as they should be, and all of us raised up from the deeps, Amen.”
Mj PettengillJun 124 min readMeat and Potatoes: The Social Welfare System Then and NowWe must push to work together with integrity to nurture, respond, and rejoice in shared abundance.
Mj PettengillMar 82 min readMusic for the PoorThe organ grinder and his monkey were an integral part of the late nineteenth-century street life.
Mj PettengillDec 7, 20232 min readThe Crows' PathAfter an intriguing and unplanned journey, I am pleased to share the news. The Crows’ Path is available in ebook format.
Mj PettengillAug 12, 20231 min readWhere It All Began: Alumna Discovers Unmarked Graves Union Institute & University Article Features Mj Pettengill, Author
Mj PettengillJun 13, 20232 min readThe Vacant Chair"We shall meet, but we shall miss him; there will be one vacant chair; We shall linger to caress him when we breathe our evening prayer."
Mj PettengillMar 7, 20232 min readPew RentChild labor laws were not in place until later years, often brought about by catastrophic losses.
Mj PettengillFeb 17, 20234 min readWriting My Ancestors HomeRecently, my years of research and family history collided.
Mj PettengillFeb 10, 20233 min readPrisoner 4100...they were stripped of their names and either given a fresh new name or were issued a number—a new moral identity.
Mj PettengillJan 27, 20233 min readSee You at the AuctionPaupers were punished for being poor, the elders for aging, and the sick for failing. Where did we go from there? Where do we go from here?