by Bela Johnson | Mar 8, 2016 | musings, philosophy, politics, popular culture, Uncategorized
I worry in these times of tumultuous inequality, masses awaiting what passes as wisdom, poured liberally from the lips of the rich and famous as if one’s financial status automatically confers erudition; At the very least, living amidst the bizarre loosens folds in...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 1, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
In the phenomenon of night sky, I watched the moon rise full against an indigo canvas; Rose-rimmed clouds drifting along, causing stars to glisten like the silvery skeletons of jets in flight, billowing by under stealth of inky half-light, advancing across the heavens...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2016 | musings, philosophy, poetry, spirituality, Uncategorized
Those who peer into the soul of things may offer guidance to others more easily than accessing that wisdom within. Perhaps it keeps them human. The Trickster is afoot in daily living, throwing us off-balance which, ironically, keeps us poised on our toes. It must be...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 12, 2016 | lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
To stand on a cliff overlooking the shore gazing northward, then east, send the mariners home. While out in the distance clouds bear the fading sun on their shoulders, the Gods contemplating, Filling glasses tipped gently into their reflection, over black diamond...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 5, 2016 | lifestyle, marriage, musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
To glimpse in an early morning sky painted cerulean, Venus, the Morning Star, and I know, if nothing else is certain, today the earth is rewed to herself, committed to rhythms and processes we humans take for granted, greening as she is around edges of slumber soaked...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 24, 2015 | lifestyle, love, musings, personal, Uncategorized
If I wanted right now I could ask, Please come and hold me. And you would, no excuses, if I wanted. If I asked, you would drop the tool from your hands, help me gather debris hacked from our jungle yard, no complaining. It is not that you lack direction, far from it....
