by Bela Johnson | Dec 29, 2025 | Hawaii, nature, Observations, Uncategorized
When we bought this house,the attic was full of ratsand mynah bird nests,one in every corner.Chris calls them Hawaiian crows—there are similarities:clever, persistent,strong-willed. A year later, despite sealingevery possible entrance—each hole that once invited...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 19, 2025 | Observations, regeneration
She stands open-mouthedas the bird careens into glass—a soft thud, then feathered dustdrifting in the brittle air. Among the stubble of guinea grass,where cattle have grazed too close to bone,a dove-grey body trembles in shock,as the drought continues, broken onlyby...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 16, 2025 | awakening, earth witness, Observations, regeneration, Uncategorized
Late tonight my body longs for the balm of sleep,the oblivion of dreams—yet awareness flareslike a just-struck match; ideas rumble and roll.I am not beset by worry, but by the bright acheof knowing how brief it all is—this speck in eternitywe call life, the amazing...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 12, 2025 | nature, Observations, regeneration, Uncategorized
The land still listens, though we do not answer.We have learned to speak to the wrong gods—technology, televised evangelists, telecommunication—forgetting the source to which we owe our lives. Our flesh remembers dolphin and tree,remembers the cliffs that yawn above...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 8, 2025 | animals, compassion, nature, Observations, relationships, Uncategorized
I could write about the tiny Arabian horse, her pale matted coat grown to maximum for the winter, nature knowing what her children need toward the end of life – once luster and beauty as only youth can confer – later, stripped back to essentials, hip bones...
