by Bela Johnson | May 26, 2015 | inspiration, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Nobody seems to like him much, though after an attack of the heart some slack is granted; daughter tough as nails, though some pierce the veneer from time to tale. Life sometimes works out this way, leaving us defenseless and knowing it, ever ready to shadow box...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 28, 2015 | inspiration, lifestyle, nature, peace, poetry, Uncategorized
Restriction is a mindset borne of concrete and steel and stasis. Seen and not heard. Sit still in school. Conditioned respect a static response. Still, wander out into the countryside, its very nature abundance. Just notice! Trees swaying wildly, birds warbling...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 6, 2015 | musings, nature, photography, Uncategorized
Nature does this, splendiferously exhibiting herself in out of the way places, just because. There is no hidden agenda. Had my feet traveled another path at that moment – were I not attuned to nuance – I might have missed it. Would it matter to the...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 3, 2015 | lifestyle, musings, nature, popular culture
We are so willing to click in and go for the ride. Neurons firing and off we jettison into yet another collective illusion while the god of Abraham, bless his heart, calls it good. It’s all good. The miracle of bodies in time and space. Damn...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | community, lifestyle, nature, poetry, transformation, Uncategorized
I began leaving home in the womb, winter-weary parents packing up kids and dreams, fleeing frozen for fallacy ill conceived through jeweled blinders, backs turned stubbornly on a kinder fate. No Valley Girl at heart, I came to rely upon mountains and creatures too...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 10, 2015 | lifestyle, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
Searching the thesaurus to avoid duplication of the term sensitive only confirms cultural bias: touchy, hypersensitive, easy offended, easily upset, easily hurt (easy, easily, easily – thesaurus in need of a thesaurus), thin-skinned, defensive, paranoid,...
