by Bela Johnson | Oct 10, 2018 | healing, love, nature, Uncategorized
He has lost her, or thinks he has, forever from this realm; sadness knowing no bounds, as it would, given over five decades of devotion and dedication; hardly knowing life without her in it; I remind him, a gardener, hiker, animal lover, father, much beloved grand and...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 8, 2018 | creativity, musings, nature, Uncategorized
There’s an invisible portal in the mantle covering Earth; look closely without staring: focus softly, not sharp, and you might conjure enough filaments to pop through, unexpectedly shifting into another realm long ago expunged from collective recall; Most...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Aloha Ka Makani O Kohala! The observant will note this small hand-painted sign upon entering the sacred lands of North Kohala, known generally and simply as Kohala; Faded in the relentless sunlight of that desert region, scrubs of kiawe punctuate shoreline...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 28, 2018 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
My love for the land, whether thick wood or freshwater, has never left my awareness, ever seeking shelter in the bosom of Creation, Gaia Mother, by whatever name she may be known; And as I return to this rugged terrain of my birth, I am reminded that grace is ever...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2018 | nature, Uncategorized
The river runs, swollen in spring from a source high up in crevasses of snags jutting skyward of tree line, cracks perpetually harboring snowpack, bald crags carved by weather and the bare relentless blaze of a beneficent sun; Churning down gullies and sluices,...
