by Bela Johnson | Jul 26, 2021 | family, Hawaii, perspective, spirituality, Uncategorized
Sometimes known as death dealers, these littlepeople of old marched through our Moloka’iliving room one night, nearly thirty years ago; My own father was visiting, as he rarely did,forced into life in the moment after receivinga prostate cancer diagnosis; hopped...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 18, 2021 | animals, climate change, desert life, gardening, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Mysterious new things moveto the cadence of nature’s drum,the cry of destruction loudly rings;Aloha aina, care for the land,it matters not where we chooseto root ourselves, the mandateis the same: we must returnto the Garden, discover innocence lost when simple...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 2, 2021 | desert life, musings, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I read him Mary Oliver’s luminous words in bed at night, perceptions written nearer her end, and yes, there is sadness, his eyes well uncomfortably, who wouldn’t turn away (were it even possible) from the degradation of nature loved with the whole of our...
by Bela Johnson | May 24, 2021 | animals, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The river thunders, to no applausein particular; rolls along, ripplingand eddying without thoughtor expectation of feedback,though I can’t help but thinkall of nature thrives underan appreciative gaze; We once watched endangeredriver otters cavorting in plain...
by Bela Johnson | May 17, 2021 | consciousness, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
My stomach lurches and rises, fallsinto complacency as I ponder eventsof the morning, neighbors meetingand greeting, my outward self effusivewhilst my insides struggle with parity,and such is this life of introversion; I yearn for the human experience,all of it, and I...
