by Bela Johnson | Jan 23, 2012 | philosophy, Uncategorized
Dragon year begins on the run – guests arrive in a taxi two days before the calendar turns. To city folk, this fails to raise eyebrows. In a world of island living however, paying $140 for cab fare seems a bit insane. We are located an hour from the airport and...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 19, 2012 | nature, Uncategorized
Summertime in the low desert of the American Southwest can be brutal to the point of deadly. Temperatures soar well into the hundreds, and highways, though improved from the days of my youth, provide no great sense of security to those in the know. The landscape is...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 12, 2012 | compassion, healing, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Typically I eschew today’s news. As far as I’m concerned, good journalism died a long time ago, and the opinionated drivel that clogs the arteries of society is not worth my time and attention. We do however subscribe to a daily paper, just in case there is something...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 11, 2012 | friends, inspiration, poetry, Uncategorized, writing
Some writers suffer from a dearth of ideas. I on the other hand struggle with too much information. Ideas flash into my head from every imaginable angle and source, and it’s the harnessing of these wild impulses, the clarification of their messages, that I am obliged...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 10, 2012 | friends, psychology, Uncategorized
A 53 year-old friend was recently struck down. Out swimming 300 yards offshore in the crystal blue ocean, he was hit suddenly, unexpectedly by a harbor-bound boat. The craft’s occupants plucked him from the deep where he had sustained multiple lacerations from...
