by Bela Johnson | Mar 19, 2019 | Hawaii, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
My Instagram post this morning quoted Mary Oliver, “My work is loving the world.” Despite what the day brings, and sometimes it seems overwhelming, could there be anything more meaningful? When the floor slips out from under my feet and I fall like Alice...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 5, 2019 | country living, Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Shards of light splinter azure skies piercing grey and white veils hung over days we have grown accustomed to, days drowned in deluges of drenching rain once sent to nourish, now stripping shrubs and flowers of nutrients washed deep asunder; One tree standing...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 25, 2019 | Hawaii, inspiration, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
I ask first the trees, honoring the foliage that shades fragile skin, Will you take root in my heart? I ask the black and gold glittering sands, Will you accept the imprint of my passing? I ask the ocean, placing palms and soles upon shores cooled by your blessing,...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 22, 2019 | Hawaii, nature, perspective, photography, poetry, Uncategorized
Time slips by, a wisp, a wrinkle, and soon we are dust, unremarkable, insignificant; as one, at long last, with the beauty that surrounds us. All photos ©Bela Johnson
by Bela Johnson | Jan 15, 2019 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, philosophy, photography, Uncategorized
This post is entitled appropriately as my ode to 2018. 2019 seems downright revved up, as we begin with the first dry weather we’ve had in some time. And the energy to clear up what was muddled most of last year! Aloha, All::: Rain streams now in sheets,...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 1, 2019 | Hawaii, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
(Modified from the original Boy Scout Taps) Aloha, and many blessings on this new year! May we each find peace, fulfillment and understanding of our judgments and limitations so that we might transcend! Blessings! :::: Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from...
