I just received an email from Phil Holland, who went to Bennington with me, though somehow I didn’t know him. Phil is a good friend of Moses Pendleton. He saw my previous post and sent me the photo above, The photo was taken from the roof of the house. Those are large Adirondack chairs in the center of the circle so that will give you an idea of the scale of the garden. The sunflowers are in the foreground. From this perspective it looks like something from Chariots of the Gods.
Yesterday Moses read me a poem written by Mr. Holland about a storm on September 11, 2002. I recalled the storm vividly when Moses read it. It was a beautiful, clear day, the first anniversary of the attacks, and in the middle of the memorial service in NY, this storm blew in out of nowhere. Up here in CT, the wind was so intense that trees were uprooted. Anyway, Moses said he told Phil Holland about the storm and then Phil whipped up this poem, but the poem was so beautiful and the imagery was so detailed and evocative that I actually suspected that perhaps Moses had written it himself and that he used the name Phil Holland when he wrote stuff! So now I know that Phil Holland lives! He lives in Greece, not in Moses’s mind!
Ann:
I had completely forgotten about that fluke wind storm that year on Sept 11th. It was so spooky….. Spirits?
Anyway, I would love to see Phil Holland’s poem. And Moses’ garden.
Helena
That is a beautiful garden. The chairs in the center, remind me of sitting in the center of sunlight. Depending on who you are sitting with, it should be all warm and light!
I would also love to read Phil Holland’s poem.