by Bela Johnson | Jan 25, 2023 | country living, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized, wildlife
The fox in her den does not involve herselfin human games, world domination,current events certain humans considerimportant, no, her expert nose is not trainedon our inane ramblings, mental meanderings,baseless strivings, she is unconcernedwith naught but survival, an...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 28, 2022 | desert life, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
These high desert roads make no sense,twisting and turning and causing countlessfatalities here in the mountains and table landsof northern New Mexico; Old cow paths now make up the crazycriss-cross roads in Boston, while whatused to be wagon tracks and Kit...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 19, 2022 | lifestyle, Maine, nature, perspective, Uncategorized, wildlife
Somewhere there are sheets of blue icestitching up the last of the open water,but I am not there, only memory servesto dish up that young woman in hernew figure skates, striking outover the frozen pond, what those livingin worlds of water call a small lake,and Boom!...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 16, 2022 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, New Mexico, wildlife
Below zero, as indigo wings flap madly,honing in on empty feeders, and we arisewith the wonder that any warm bloodedcreature can survive, urged now to provisionsmall bellies dependent on habits that mustbe sustained, having begun this particular dancewhen we arrived...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 23, 2022 | lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
Fresh blooms of cirrus in muted hues of silverpunctuate the bluest sky imaginable, thougheven northern New Mexico hazes over from timeto time these days, unlike thirty years agowhen we first touched earth in these northby southwestern climes; Cerulean heavens magnify...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 4, 2022 | culture, happiness, human interest, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
There is much to be grateful for, yet often lacking is a sense of perspective. Unless we have traveled around a bit, we Westerners tend to take a lot for granted. Observing the lives of others in dire circumstances, whether within the boundaries of our own country or...
