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...
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 | Apr 22, 2019 | climate change, Earth Day, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
There are snapshots in time, places where one feels the eyes scratching over the surface of some offensive scene, cymbals clashing inappropriately during a tender interlude, spell dissolved in the cacophony, never to return again free of that memory; Then there are...
