After
a Solstice Storm |to pdf >> By
Marie Mulligan, MD
does
the earth weep and wail
when
an old oak
is
ripped from her belly
during
a December storm?
or
does she patiently welcome
its
sagging flesh
back
into her own?
--
spring of winter, 2002
Marie
Mulligan, MD, is a family practice physician in the Headache Clinic
at the KP Santa Rosa Neurology Department. She is currently on leave,
studying Spanish in Mexico.