by Bela Johnson | Nov 17, 2011 | compassion, nature, psychology, Uncategorized
I know this one – cane spider who has been living in our bathroom for weeks. When first I encountered the species, it was twenty years ago on Moloka’i. My husband was so distressed, this gentle man removed one of his slippers (island vernacular for flip-flops)...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 15, 2011 | culture, healing
My neighbor is leaving tomorrow for Vietnam and Cambodia, then he is headed for the continental expanse that is China. This is the same generous soul who has gifted me with two good sized pots of rare bamboo. The same one who flagged me down on our small street...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 10, 2011 | healing, philosophy, psychology
Long ago and far away I had a friend who was, and is likely still, a performer. She loves performing so much that she’s made it her life’s work. If all of us felt as passionate about our profession as she, life would be a proverbial tiptoe through the tulips. This...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 8, 2011 | love, psychology
… And, when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars. And he will make the face of Heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night. And pay no worship to the garish sun. – Shakespeare’s Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet She...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 4, 2011 | nature, technology
Dear readers, I’ve just entered a time warp – and it occurred to me to take you along for the ride. Our little library doesn’t have a great selection of books – you could certainly fail utterly in researching almost any thesis imaginable if you were dependent...
