by Bela Johnson | Mar 17, 2016 | dogs, love, nature, Uncategorized
There is a presence, here and now; the bellows of breath, warmth of blood, the feeling, even if imagined, that we are connected, one to the other. We each have our memories, after all. Your passing removes that utterly, and somehow the same hand lying on the same fur...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 12, 2016 | Maine, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Onto the written page they march, good little minions of inspiration cultivated since childhood, dipping pen into wells of collective memory, stories taking shape like the smooth drape of river water flowing over the Penobscot Dam, where I would sit and contemplate...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 8, 2016 | musings, philosophy, politics, popular culture, Uncategorized
I worry in these times of tumultuous inequality, masses awaiting what passes as wisdom, poured liberally from the lips of the rich and famous as if one’s financial status automatically confers erudition; At the very least, living amidst the bizarre loosens folds in...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 1, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
In the phenomenon of night sky, I watched the moon rise full against an indigo canvas; Rose-rimmed clouds drifting along, causing stars to glisten like the silvery skeletons of jets in flight, billowing by under stealth of inky half-light, advancing across the heavens...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2016 | musings, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized
Those who peer into the soul of things may offer guidance to others more easily than accessing that wisdom within. Perhaps it keeps them human. The Trickster is afoot in daily living, throwing us off-balance which, ironically, keeps us poised on our toes. It must be...
