by Bela Johnson | Oct 10, 2025 | animals, Maine, nature, New Mexico, silence, Uncategorized, wildlife
I lived four years in the high desert mountainsof New Mexico, the ranch house ringedby variegated greens of piñon pine,cedar and Ponderosa, and beyond the forestlay fields of sage, their silver-gray shimmerunbroken but for wind, the dark shadowsof ravens, and the...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 8, 2025 | animals, compassion, nature, Observations, relationships, Uncategorized
I could write about the tiny Arabian horse, her pale matted coat grown to maximum for the winter, nature knowing what her children need toward the end of life – once luster and beauty as only youth can confer – later, stripped back to essentials, hip bones...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2023 | animals, lifestyle, nature, ranch life, Uncategorized, wildlife
Thunk! As the piñon jay hit the window;I heard it from the greenhouse not far away,and as I looked, albeit with a bit of trepidation,I saw the creature from behind, dazed of course,trying to get her bearings, and in two beatsof a heart, she toppled to her side; Now I...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 10, 2023 | animals, community, compassion, culture, lifestyle, Uncategorized
Supply and demand might be the lawof consumerism which has propped upa dubious economy for decades,but when it comes to believing it isthe only way through the veils of fearand lack hanging over too manythese days, perhaps we ought to consider; Maybe it is time to...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 18, 2022 | animals, humor, musings, personal, perspective, Uncategorized
I would rather die laughing, even if I am the butt of the joke; Life has too many twists and turns and not enough levity, yet not for lack of instances that might provoke hoots of delight; I remember in college there was a gal who wanted to write about serious things,...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 4, 2021 | animals, climate change, COVID-19, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
It’s a new day, and I awaken tired,having not slept much; perceiving the fearof the collective, the hum of impendingdoom, as a worldwide virus continuesto mutate, according to a greater planthan we can imagine, and the vaccinatedamong us may actually be more...
