by Bela Johnson | Aug 23, 2016 | friends, lifestyle, nature, poetry, Uncategorized, women
One of them chuckles, teeth barely showing, jaws tight as if guarding unspoken secrets buried in the throat, while the other throws back her head and chortles, mouth open to the heavens as though urging every luminary to brilliance unseen by spirits of the day; A...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 19, 2016 | inspiration, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
As the sun sets through the trees, I realize another day is done, curtain dropped, nothing special accomplished, only gratitude for gardens greening, fruit ripening, flowers turning faces to greet the dawn, meeting miracle of clean air and rich soil as we slip in and...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 12, 2016 | dogs, inspiration, lifestyle, musings, Uncategorized
Many more times than I can count, I have tried in my way to save various creatures in dire circumstances. Baby mice when mom was poisoned somewhere. Baby birds after a cat knocked their nest to the ground. Cats hit by cars. Dogs hit by cars. Birds of all sizes...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 6, 2016 | lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Growing up there wasn’t a thing I liked about the color blue. Home was walled white with black and white Japanese hanging prints, glass topped tables and smooth black lacquered chairs upholstered white; white baby grand. In contrast, blue was the color of sadness, of...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 14, 2016 | lifestyle, musings, philosophy, Uncategorized
The wind muzzles voices, dogs; we all sleep more peacefully not knowing our neighbors’ sorrows. Breeze on the brain rattles loose what is not solidly moored in the mind; fears, doubts, trepidation run freely. And they become bearable only upon aspirating that...
by Bela Johnson | May 10, 2016 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized
The most gentle of men sits perched on a rock, casting about for water generous enough to pull him out and spit him back on shore, delighted as a child. What does life require of us but this, that we discover contentment in the simple things, acts of grace which...
