by Bela Johnson | Oct 24, 2023 | Hawaii, high desert, lifestyle, musings, perspective, Uncategorized
We’ve been flung out over water like skipping stones,not on a lake or pond, but the long, wide, never endingturquoise blue ocean of the Pacific, soaring in a metaltube while everything that followed us arrived by bargeas these things do, back and forth to the...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 3, 2023 | animals, lifestyle, nature, ranch life, Uncategorized, wildlife
Thunk! As the piñon jay hit the window;I heard it from the greenhouse not far away,and as I looked, albeit with a bit of trepidation,I saw the creature from behind, dazed of course,trying to get her bearings, and in two beatsof a heart, she toppled to her side; Now I...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 13, 2023 | climate change, lifestyle, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The hot nights we loved, twisted in sweat and cotton sheets,all the time longing for what we have now, cool breezes,sleeping temperatures below 85 degrees, then just likethat, fall will jacknife into winter, and instead of agonizingin temperatures that seem to stretch...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 5, 2023 | happiness, home, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Winking at the gods with those luminous blue green eyes,the dragonfly sits perched on my knee, shoulder, head;and as I duck under for another cool dip, she is there,waiting, hovering in the golden bands of bright summersunlight while the loons’ tremolo bounces...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 28, 2023 | awakening, freedom, growing up, human interest, lifestyle, Uncategorized
We know the slate is wiped clean at birth,but I doubt any of us knows just how thoroughthe purge, and it has taken most of my lifetimeto discover who, exactly, my authentic selfmight be, I cannot blame earnest teachers,controlling parents, there is no one but myselfto...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 6, 2023 | gardening, lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
As stars wink conspiratorially, I wonder once againwhat my purpose is in this realm if not to love and beloved, which we are and always will be by the very factthat we draw breath, and yet those I have loved the mostare on their own trajectories, nothing on earth is...
