by Bela Johnson | Apr 2, 2013 | food, Hawaii, lifestyle, personal, Uncategorized
Strange ritual, this gorging on holidays. Course after course – for we have paid dearly for them – slides down the hatch in habitual response to colors, textures, tastes. The floor is flagstone; the chairs in this grand old hotel are plastic, of all...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 27, 2013 | inspiration, musings, nature, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
Like clouds of breath rising from a steaming tub or the formless spines of cumulus; Untethered thoughts wander, free of their mooring in the harbor of the heart. Vexation arises – too much elemental air. We need earth to grow: tunnels of wriggling...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 25, 2013 | art, creativity, inspiration, Uncategorized
[youtube=http://youtu.be/xMj_P_6H69g] This was so poignant, I cried. Absolutely brilliant. Attitudes and approaches are morphing on a grand scale, and it is heartening to observe these leaps in consciousness. We need hope in this rapidly changing world, in the face of...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 21, 2013 | competition, happiness, inspiration, musings, philosophy, Uncategorized
I never wanted to be smart. It hampered social interactions with the most desirable element. No cute boys were in my ‘brain classes,’ and friends I had since grammar school began drifting away, dividing like so many cells in a petri dish. (Never mind that these same...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 19, 2013 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
Swelling waters crash over concrete jetties, sweeping docks clean of debris: cigarette butts, bottle tops, Friday night remainders. Still, in we jump – glad of the sea and movement away from whatever it is binding us to despair and blinding us to...
