by Bela Johnson | Jan 2, 2026 | climate change, creativity, Uncategorized
Daily writing promptDo you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?View all responses This is a good prompt, for me. I do not play.I never grew up playing much—learned discipline and work instead. I have a psychology degree.I know play is considered...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 16, 2025 | climate change, earth witness, Uncategorized
As I awaken to this atypically gray day,I wonder about too many thingsto sort into neat little packages of script;there is chaos, to be sure—though is it me?Or have these conditions always persisted,unperturbed by human mindsthat never thought to record them? We live...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 16, 2024 | climate change, growing up, people, perspective, Uncategorized
Outraged at articles portraying stark realities of Venezuelanimmigrants among others, desperate to depart the dearestcountries of their birth, as our ancestors did, onceupon a not too distant time; Freedom is what we all long for, not the liberties seizedby the...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 13, 2023 | climate change, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The hot nights we loved, twisted in sweat and cotton sheets,all the time longing for what we have now, cool breezes,sleeping temperatures below 85 degrees, then just likethat, fall will jacknife into winter, and instead of agonizingin temperatures that seem to stretch...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 22, 2023 | climate change, community, creativity, philosophy, sustainability, Uncategorized
Hundreds of times a day, epiphanies arise and I am open to them,whether in the garden or walking the dogs, and I would call these momentsinformation leaks from the Universe, as if the sky had tiny holes and bitsof drift were floating down like dandelion fluff or the...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 5, 2022 | climate change, community, gardening, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
These slate skies are familiar, in a strangeillogical way; here, there are mountains,no sea in sight, and though mists appearlike fog, it is high desert with rivers runningthrough forested landscapes, their watersunreliable as winter ocean waves in Hawaiior storms...
