by Bela Johnson | Sep 8, 2015 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry
Between cinder cone mountains and the solid feel of dog flesh nudging ribs lie vast expanses of earth, surging seas thundering against cliffs and sand like the unceasing labors of Sisyphus. As whitecaps assail her surface, a clutch of humpbacks, slick heaving...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 22, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry
The flock descends, the tides draw out; and day is done. Streaks of salmon and lavender skitter across indigo skies, as the moon waxes bright and full. This is how we are drawn from sleep, believing bodies need relieving, When instead it’s our spirits crying out for...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 21, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Suddenly vibrancy flashes a face, ducking low and into a forest of ferns so high they dwarf humans. Anciently inspiring ecosystem grants us life through our very pores and we don’t even know it; do not think in terms of consequences as men on machines clear to...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, people, Uncategorized
Laughter alchemizing leaden to light, a child’s eyes lit up from inside a man not yet shrouded in decorum. Search for the Buddha all you will while life continues in ordinaries; teachers everywhere from leaf mold to lovers. Only the mind waxing preferential, maroon...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 14, 2013 | Hawaii, musings, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
The hollowness of morning rain drums against a parched landscape. There is nothing sweeter than waking to its sound, especially after watering extensively last night to keep the orchids, red ginger and herbs; the flowering shrubs happy. The newly planted shower tree...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 2, 2013 | food, Hawaii, lifestyle, personal, Uncategorized
Strange ritual, this gorging on holidays. Course after course – for we have paid dearly for them – slides down the hatch in habitual response to colors, textures, tastes. The floor is flagstone; the chairs in this grand old hotel are plastic, of all...
