by Bela Johnson | Mar 28, 2022 | inspiration, nature, perspective, spirituality, Uncategorized
Golden showers stream downin dappled luminescence,crescent slivers of fragranteucalyptus leavesand she sits, no distractionsave the gurgle of a coppery-bottomed meandering brook,sparkling and nosing its waythrough giant bouldersrolled into place longbefore flows were...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 8, 2022 | community, growing up, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
I always had dirt between my toes, beginning when I was old enough to toddle, and my parents did not care, having come out west from Chicago, land of the freezing, and I do not remember any scolding for it, surely I would if it existed, walked on blistering...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 28, 2022 | community, inspiration, peace, perspective, Uncategorized
Fill a vessel with clean water,and imagine a world where allmay do the same; imaginingsuch a world is not difficult,we only have to carve outa small space into whichwe insert our intentions;these are not meaningless,in fact, they are essential,if we are to ever...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 12, 2022 | country living, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The music of the universe greets me daily,voices on the wind, crackling throughheavily laden boughs of pine trees,chattering black and blue birds arrivingin massive flocks every morning to the feeder,ravens and magpies keeping their distance,waiting on fence posts out...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 29, 2022 | friendship, love, marriage equality, perspective, Uncategorized
Go alone, I will join you later,you are free anytime you wish;no strings, save the vowsinto which you entreated me,all those years ago; Go as you will, you have earnedmy trust, my soul safein your keeping; that, at least,I can count on, even as I abhorrestraints...
