by Bela Johnson | Nov 23, 2021 | human interest, nature, personal, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
There are confusing encountersleaving one gasping for breath,the mind grasping for understanding;such is the nature of life and death,the latter being more recentin my world of experience; I eschew addictions, just as theyare sought to resolve what seemsunfathomable...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 29, 2021 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
On the gentle winds that swirl around,I hear the echoes of past, present, future,voices of the ancestors, whispersonly the smallest attenuated bonesof a dog’s ear can hear, but: Listen; Just under the threshold of consciousness,word images form, wisdom that...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | compassion, forgiveness, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Angels have visited me in many forms in my life. I have felt their fiery presence from the unseen realms and have met them in the bodies of human beings. (If you’re curious, this is one of those encounters.) In a previous post about my Pacific Northwest travels,...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 17, 2021 | human interest, lifestyle, perspective, self awareness, Uncategorized
The concert grand stands indifferentlyin a palatial room built to house it;Hardly anyone spends time here,admiring frescoes and French lace,worn Italian club chairs gatherin around no one, empty opulencemarking privilege of the lostand missing inhabitants; Halfway...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2021 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I am but one minute speckon the face of this earth,the same countenance reflectedback to me in field and forest,in the shriek of bats as wellas the sonar they emit,the whistling and bellow of elkas they descend from higher groundfor the winter, the piñon jays,sapphire...
