by Bela Johnson | Sep 21, 2021 | compassion, forgiveness, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Angels have visited me in many forms in my life. I have felt their fiery presence from the unseen realms and have met them in the bodies of human beings. (If you’re curious, this is one of those encounters.) In a previous post about my Pacific Northwest travels,...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 17, 2021 | human interest, lifestyle, perspective, self awareness, Uncategorized
The concert grand stands indifferentlyin a palatial room built to house it;Hardly anyone spends time here,admiring frescoes and French lace,worn Italian club chairs gatherin around no one, empty opulencemarking privilege of the lostand missing inhabitants; Halfway...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 7, 2021 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
I am but one minute speckon the face of this earth,the same countenance reflectedback to me in field and forest,in the shriek of bats as wellas the sonar they emit,the whistling and bellow of elkas they descend from higher groundfor the winter, the piñon jays,sapphire...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 26, 2021 | healing, human interest, musings, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Awake in the pre-dawn, the fields look empty,vast; wild creatures have long claimed the night,daytime unsafe for them in the companyof our species, and I know somewhere out thereis a fox leaping onto a rodent, a bear paddingtoward her den in the nearby hills, mountain...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 18, 2021 | high desert, home, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Slipping under the covers last night, nestlinginto his sweet warmth as we both gaze, astonishedat the crystal quarter moon, hung in the twilight skyas if borrowed from a Saint-Exupéry watercolor; This morning I awaken to the morning star,ready to begin the day...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 10, 2021 | high desert, lifestyle, nature, New Mexico, perspective, Uncategorized
When first I arrived ahead of him,to put this new house in orderwhile he remained in Hawaii,finishing up what needed donein that place we had residedfor fifteen years, it was chaotic; Covid had created seeds of disorderthat have now germinatedand sprouted into some...
