by Bela Johnson | May 23, 2022 | healing, perspective, Uncategorized
The longing to be loved is profound, the soul sings life into being, a journey not yet taken, yet once in progress, so often reprising experience already inked and dried, fading on paper not meant to last; The manuscript is not complete, we are all unfinished works in...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 18, 2022 | animals, humor, musings, personal, perspective, Uncategorized
I would rather die laughing, even if I am the butt of the joke; Life has too many twists and turns and not enough levity, yet not for lack of instances that might provoke hoots of delight; I remember in college there was a gal who wanted to write about serious things,...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 8, 2022 | forgiveness, healing, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The heart is a lonely hunter, soaringhigh above, taking the long view,eyes ever sharp, focused on the objectsof its affection, and yet in flying free,never asks another to suffer bonds;Still, heart without head can bean isolated experience; some of us,you know, have...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 28, 2022 | inspiration, nature, perspective, spirituality, Uncategorized
Golden showers stream downin dappled luminescence,crescent slivers of fragranteucalyptus leavesand she sits, no distractionsave the gurgle of a coppery-bottomed meandering brook,sparkling and nosing its waythrough giant bouldersrolled into place longbefore flows were...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 28, 2022 | community, inspiration, peace, perspective, Uncategorized
Fill a vessel with clean water,and imagine a world where allmay do the same; imaginingsuch a world is not difficult,we only have to carve outa small space into whichwe insert our intentions;these are not meaningless,in fact, they are essential,if we are to ever...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 12, 2022 | country living, lifestyle, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
The music of the universe greets me daily,voices on the wind, crackling throughheavily laden boughs of pine trees,chattering black and blue birds arrivingin massive flocks every morning to the feeder,ravens and magpies keeping their distance,waiting on fence posts out...
