by Bela Johnson | May 13, 2014 | happiness, inspiration, love, musings, popular culture, Uncategorized
My generation is getting old. Janis Ian has white hair and Carrie Fisher is having menopausal weight gain issues and Paul Simon looks ancient and beaten down by life’s vicissitudes. Mick Jagger is a creepy mess. Oh how popular culture brings it all home, and I’m...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 29, 2014 | inspiration, love, musings, poetry, Uncategorized
It’s not that I was unresponsive. It’s that I couldn’t feel. Believe me, there’s a difference. Don’t give up on people so easily, but don’t hold on too long, either. We all come into this life with wounds to heal....
by Bela Johnson | Apr 22, 2014 | lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
She’s tender, like rose petals in rain before sun and weather draw stalks rigid toward a heaven filled with wonder and fear of what lies beyond, of then and now as small hands trace feathery lines across his tired brow. Trembling when confronted with too many...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 15, 2014 | culture, musings, nature, people, poetry, Uncategorized
The old woman clasps worn cards wearily to grizzled chin, vertical lines set deep as piercing black eyes etched into an apple doll face. Sweeping swollen arthritic fingers over lined forehead, drumming now, listening to the hollow sound of bony digits echoing against...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 8, 2014 | happiness, inspiration, lifestyle, musings, philosophy, Uncategorized
Whether attributed to Confucius or Jesus and/or simply as a conclusion drawn by many who observe life’s workings over time, Do unto others, as you would have others do unto you is an assertion fastened upon from my youth. It has stood the test of time too, though I...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 1, 2014 | inspiration, musings, personal, philosophy, relationships, Uncategorized
Being married to a builder for many years, I cannot look at a bathtub spout without likewise intuiting the plain galvanized pipe that lies at its center, conveying both hot and cold water from their respective copper pipes and sources to that vessel of respite at the...
