by Bela Johnson | Dec 11, 2018 | inspiration, nature, philosophy, poetry, self awareness, Uncategorized
Be the hero of your own life, gathering disparate threads as a spider weaves her tapestry into patterns collected in perfect symmetry, harnessing dewdrops of morning, bright dawn of a new day; Bending not breaking through the winds of change, then radiating like a...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 4, 2018 | Maine, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
She knew it was safe, now her feet chose a path leading far from dark uncertainties, of boarded-up options into an oasis of light, a clearing of both heart and mind, a dendrological dive into oneness with nature, which tree was which, identifying those whose leaves...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 26, 2018 | dreaming, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
I see you, Sister Moon, as you skitter across metal rooftops, bathing the landscape in your pale silvery frost, calling me up and out of fretful sleeplessness, leaving me now to wonder on which coast I lie, memories of chill mornings, stoking wood fires, perpetually...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 11, 2018 | musings, nature, perspective, poetry, Uncategorized, writing
There is an economy in words, blunted kindergarten shears in the hands of an earnest student, shaping patterns already memorized in forest and field; A poet’s dilemma as nature herself spreads and grows, chaos becoming her in forest and glade, streams crashing,...
by Bela Johnson | Nov 7, 2018 | art, Hawaii, nature, Uncategorized
Aloha All: Thought I would let you, my WordPress community know, that by popular request I have created a 2019 Calendar for the upcoming year. Each month features one of my photos taken within 50 miles of our home here on Hawaii Island. I am so pleased to have found a...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 28, 2018 | musings, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Over the precipice I crouch, ready to fly, far from nature’s firm embrace, my familiar; wondering now what remains, how to regain ground if the choice is to stay; I have been here before many times; only jump, I counsel, and you will rise like the phoenix, sail...
