O most honored Greening Force, You who roots in the Sun; You who lights up, in shining serenity, within a wheel that earthly excellence fails to comprehend. You are enfolded in the weaving of divine mysteries. You redden like the dawn and you burn: flame of the Sun.”
– Hildegard von Bingen, Causae et Curae
Originally published in Still Point Arts Quarterly.…
At Halloween, I celebrate the symbols of death because after decades of trying, I still can’t control it.
Still Point Arts Quarterly has published my essay, Healing from Cancer in the Gardens at Pennsbury Manor, and I’d like to share with you the story behind its creation.
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William Saint is dying of cancer.
Stricken with fever, he is rushed to Mercy—notorious as a place to send the sickest of the poor and uninsured to be forgotten—and finds the hospital in even worse condition than his previous visit.
The grounds are unkempt, the foundation is…