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...
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 | Oct 23, 2018 | lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, poetry, Uncategorized
It’s three o’clock and the day has brought a bad haircut, heavy feeling in the air; The hair will grow back, the day will not; there is no repeating what is done, only trailing memories; There is no walk upon the beach, the sun burns boldly now, my skin as...
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 | Sep 4, 2018 | art, lifestyle, perspective, Uncategorized
Anxiety for me is not a teeth-chattering, nerve-rattling affair, rather the tendency of an untended mind to flutter toward the familiar always a heartbeat away from cool, grounded sanity; When you return at day’s end, I step into your world for a moment of comic...
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...
