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 | Apr 28, 2021 | COVID-19, mindfulness, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Things will never be what they once were, yet haven’t these pandemic times been a needed shakedown of colossal proportions? A viral reminder that sameness, routine, even the time of a ticking clock are all human constructs, illusions we have gathered around us,...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 26, 2021 | #writephoto, COVID-19, human interest, Uncategorized
I stand alone, silhouetted by the dawn, queen of the mountain, the hill or nothing at all, tiny speck on a speck of stardust, endlessly orbiting in a vast, wide universe, wondering (do trees and coyotes wonder?), waiting, I suppose, to rejoin the human race after too...
by Bela Johnson | May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, musings, nature, patience, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I must keep reminding myself, this is not just about me; nothing I have done or failed to do, it was timing, good or poor, none of us could have predicted just how and when the changes this precious earth needed in order to cleanse herself of one species’...
