by Bela Johnson | Sep 29, 2025 | community, compassion, food, gardening, sustainability, Uncategorized
Today it was from shelling macadamia nuts,given to us by a friend with a tree—boxfulls of them.No store-bought nutcracker will do;you must buy a cottage-industry devicecosting over a hundred dollars,and crack them one at a time. First remove the husk(commercial...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 27, 2025 | healing, lifestyle, nature, sustainability, Uncategorized
I see a wide cerulean expanse of oceanunder the cyan light of endless sky;though all may not be as it seems – The ocean appears calm and serenefrom where I stand, miles distant,yet surely there are voids and tunnels,rocks and coral remnants of once-vital...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 26, 2025 | inspiration, nature, relationships, self awareness, transformation, Uncategorized
How many times have I fallen,only to rise again -despite my doubts; How many times have I heardwhispered: not yet…do not give up,do not give in;there is still more to offer; Live long enoughand you begin to recognizethe ebb and flow,the tidal pull of existence;ends...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? I may not have learned this from any other human being, either through words or actions, but I have absorbed it well from the guardians of Earth, though it has taken me half a lifetime; Life balances...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
What could you do more of? What could you do more of, except pause; linger in the twilight hush between one heartbeat and the next; What could you do more of, except breathe; not to gather in oxygen but to listen with attention, to feel the tides rise and fall in your...
