by Bela Johnson | May 9, 2017 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
On this wet Sunday afternoon, quiet beckons with slender tendrils and we head out, dogless and solitary, seeking only a spit of dry ground to wander the rock-encrusted coastline just down the road from our little town; Recently returned from half a world away heads...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 1, 2017 | lifestyle, musings, nature, personal, philosophy, psychology, Uncategorized
We all have our demons. For some, it’s thoughts that cycle endlessly. Others are awash in images moving rapidly across the inner vision like a series of frames. Like gazing directly into the morning sun and seeing orbs burned into whatever else one is looking at...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 31, 2017 | personal, philosophy, psychology, Uncategorized
My ex-husband used to tell me that there are many kinds of love. This in response to my frustration that he couldn’t make up his mind, or rather his heart. I should have read the signs right there and then, faced the disappointing truth that he would always desire...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 10, 2017 | lifestyle, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
Fanning the still air, back and forth, back and forth, alchemist palming the blue fire of potential; it stifles me, this heat, blood clearly not meant for boiling. Tools line up like minions awaiting my grasp; mute, dumb things without which this half-acre garden...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 20, 2016 | personal, philosophy, psychology, relationships, Uncategorized
Can one provision for events and circumstances unseen, foil against unknown futures? Is preparadness wise, as Girl Scouts and Depression-raised parents tried inculcating, though lessons failed to adhere to a slippery consciousness, ready for life on the edge of a...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 9, 2016 | musings, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
Enmeshed in creation, I co-author days set in motion by thoughts devoid of thinking, flowing over me like salt-flavored froth as it kicks loose and back from the heart of the wave.
