by Bela Johnson | Jun 12, 2012 | happiness, Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
I want a boat. My husband agrees, on alternate Saturdays. My youngest daughter thinks I’m crazy. It’s expensive, mom! There’s storage and maintenance! Not to mention the danger of the Alanuihaha – a channel not to be trifled with on the best of days. Yet I so...
by Bela Johnson | May 25, 2012 | Hawaii, lifestyle, technology, Uncategorized
Currently my husband and I are in escrow on our lovely historic property and home we brought back from the dead in 2006-09. If I miss one of my two regular posts in the next week or three, please forgive me. I’ll be back on track very soon! We are...
by Bela Johnson | May 21, 2012 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
What remains when all we wish for comes to fruition? Can the mind rest, the body relax – until boredom invariably sets in and we shuffle toward the well, fish a coin from a worn pocket and toss it in; watching as light refracts from its spinning trajectory as it lilts...
by Bela Johnson | May 16, 2012 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
Before we knew anything about the Alanuihaha channel and after moving to the Big Island, we promptly struck out and bought ourselves a Triyak (3-seater ocean kayak). The thought was to go out and paddle on a regular basis, and so for our first sojourn slipped the boat...
by Bela Johnson | May 10, 2012 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
When I was young I learned to pray in church. There was a specific protocol for prayer: gratitude always came first. Then I was free to do the asking. As a child in a home fraught with strife, praying for God to release me into a life I could claim as my own...
by Bela Johnson | May 2, 2012 | lifestyle, nature, personal, random thoughts, Uncategorized
There’s a sweet spot that exists every morning – when the light returns and dreams taper into images the eye can gather into focus. There is a right time to arise. I do not wake up to alarms, and even though I gifted my husband with a Zen clock that gently chimes at a...
