by Bela Johnson | May 16, 2012 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
Before we knew anything about the Alanuihaha channel and after moving to the Big Island, we promptly struck out and bought ourselves a Triyak (3-seater ocean kayak). The thought was to go out and paddle on a regular basis, and so for our first sojourn slipped the boat...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 24, 2012 | happiness, Hawaii, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
I never had a proper swimming lesson. Heralding from a family of nine, my mother did what she could to get my younger brothers and me to the nearby community pool in the blistering summer months, where two memories vie for prominence: the spitting trough that...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | happiness, Hawaii, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Beaches close fairly regularly here in Hawaii while tiger sharks measuring up to fifteen feet cruise on through. When waters are murky, best forego the swim. Plenty else to do. My own shark sightings have invariably occurred at this, my favorite beach – though...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 29, 2012 | Hawaii, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
It always seems premature somehow to arise before day has broken. Before that glorious ball of fire that lights and warms the earth sees fit to rise, there is surely beauty in the pre-dawn. A sacred silence before resort workers hit the highway – bound for the altered...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 8, 2012 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Different, these seasonal shifts here in Hawaii. It has been the coldest winter that we have experienced in nearly a decade of living on the islands. Yet unbelievably to most mainlanders, spring is here. Birds are mating, horses are shedding and the wind’s...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 6, 2012 | culture, Hawaii, healing, inspiration, nature, Uncategorized
And so it begins. Shafts of light steal through dawn’s dark mantle, pierced first and only by birdsong. Slate grey skies erupt overhead onto a landscape perpetually in need of their offering. Through stillness, the distant drone of a two-lane highway portends the...
