by Bela Johnson | Dec 5, 2014 | lifestyle, love, philosophy, Uncategorized
Another set of sterling observations from my daughter’s travels …
by Bela Johnson | Nov 4, 2014 | inspiration, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Pondering my daughter’s latest post about her service in Nepal as an acupuncture physician, I am suddenly struck by our shared proclivity to leave comfort of the familiar and strike out, only to become a guest in someone else’s home, community, country. A young woman...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 22, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry
The flock descends, the tides draw out; and day is done. Streaks of salmon and lavender skitter across indigo skies, as the moon waxes bright and full. This is how we are drawn from sleep, believing bodies need relieving, When instead it’s our spirits crying out for...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 21, 2014 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry, random thoughts, Uncategorized
Suddenly vibrancy flashes a face, ducking low and into a forest of ferns so high they dwarf humans. Anciently inspiring ecosystem grants us life through our very pores and we don’t even know it; do not think in terms of consequences as men on machines clear to...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 14, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, personal
Alexandria was a strikingly beautiful Single Comb Brown Leghorn; a character who conveyed her somewhat colossal name when she was less than a month old. With extraordinary coloring and a large floppy bright red comb and considerable wattles, she matured earlier than...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 7, 2014 | lifestyle, nature, peace, philosophy, poetry, Uncategorized
There is quiet in the spaces between a living world formulated in fractals, lurking narrowly beyond human perception on the fringes of the monkey mind. Society screams for attention, babies howl fitfully while words swirl around in grownup heads without prejudice;...
