by Bela Johnson | Dec 23, 2018 | Hawaii, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
Wordlessly nature offers us the gift of her own presence, as life moves forward and outward into unimagined realms. Wishing you and yours the blessings of the season! Aloha, Bela All photos ©Bela Johnson 2018
by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2018 | art, Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
Aloha All: Thought I would let you, my WordPress community know, that by popular request I have created a 2019 Calendar for the upcoming year. Each month features one of my photos taken within 50 miles of our home here on Hawaii Island. I am so pleased to have found a...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Aloha Ka Makani O Kohala! The observant will note this small hand-painted sign upon entering the sacred lands of North Kohala, known generally and simply as Kohala; Faded in the relentless sunlight of that desert region, scrubs of kiawe punctuate shoreline...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 29, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
So much to contemplate, days without distraction save the pattering and drumming of rain and more rain upon metal roof, wind in absentia selling short the hurricane; Time alone in a storm differs from time alone by intent, the former leaving one feeling trapped and...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 21, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
The air is still; alternately, the winds gust a bit. Then it pours or does not. Most of the island, if the papers can be believed, is in drought. This is unbelievable to those of us living in North Kohala. We’ve had little but rain most of the year, albeit...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 20, 2018 | country living, Hawaii, inspiration, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
The compulsion when an overtaxed mind, yearning to occupy another’s rendering of reality twists, knife-like, between the blades, sabotaging the creative process, stifling the necessary tension held between opposites, that fractional moment before the water...
