by Bela Johnson | Aug 18, 2021 | high desert, home, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Slipping under the covers last night, nestlinginto his sweet warmth as we both gaze, astonishedat the crystal quarter moon, hung in the twilight skyas if borrowed from a Saint-Exupéry watercolor; This morning I awaken to the morning star,ready to begin the day...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 10, 2021 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, New Mexico, perspective, Uncategorized
When first I arrived ahead of him,to put this new house in orderwhile he remained in Hawaii,finishing up what needed donein that place we had residedfor fifteen years, it was chaotic; Covid had created seeds of disorderthat have now germinatedand sprouted into some...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 4, 2021 | animals, climate change, COVID-19, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
It’s a new day, and I awaken tired,having not slept much; perceiving the fearof the collective, the hum of impendingdoom, as a worldwide virus continuesto mutate, according to a greater planthan we can imagine, and the vaccinatedamong us may actually be more...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 18, 2021 | animals, climate change, desert life, gardening, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Mysterious new things moveto the cadence of nature’s drum,the cry of destruction loudly rings;Aloha aina, care for the land,it matters not where we chooseto root ourselves, the mandateis the same: we must returnto the Garden, discover innocence lost when simple...
by Bela Johnson | Jun 2, 2021 | desert life, musings, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I read him Mary Oliver’s luminous words in bed at night, perceptions written nearer her end, and yes, there is sadness, his eyes well uncomfortably, who wouldn’t turn away (were it even possible) from the degradation of nature loved with the whole of our...
by Bela Johnson | May 24, 2021 | animals, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The river thunders, to no applausein particular; rolls along, ripplingand eddying without thoughtor expectation of feedback,though I can’t help but thinkall of nature thrives underan appreciative gaze; We once watched endangeredriver otters cavorting in plain...
