by Bela Johnson | Nov 23, 2021 | human interest, nature, personal, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
There are confusing encountersleaving one gasping for breath,the mind grasping for understanding;such is the nature of life and death,the latter being more recentin my world of experience; I eschew addictions, just as theyare sought to resolve what seemsunfathomable...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 29, 2021 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
On the gentle winds that swirl around,I hear the echoes of past, present, future,voices of the ancestors, whispersonly the smallest attenuated bonesof a dog’s ear can hear, but: Listen; Just under the threshold of consciousness,word images form, wisdom that...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | compassion, forgiveness, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Angels have visited me in many forms in my life. I have felt their fiery presence from the unseen realms and have met them in the bodies of human beings. (If you’re curious, this is one of those encounters.) In a previous post about my Pacific Northwest travels,...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2021 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I am but one minute speckon the face of this earth,the same countenance reflectedback to me in field and forest,in the shriek of bats as wellas the sonar they emit,the whistling and bellow of elkas they descend from higher groundfor the winter, the piñon jays,sapphire...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 2, 2021 | inspiration, nature, philosophy, spirituality, Uncategorized
On the opposite side of my heartlies an echo chamber of silencewhere tiny bats dive and swoop,clearing invisible pathwaysin the open skies for those who flyby day; this pitch black of nightfinds deep comfort within me; As light emerges from shadows,sweeping them away...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 26, 2021 | healing, human interest, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Awake in the pre-dawn, the fields look empty,vast; wild creatures have long claimed the night,daytime unsafe for them in the companyof our species, and I know somewhere out thereis a fox leaping onto a rodent, a bear paddingtoward her den in the nearby hills, mountain...
