by Bela Johnson | Oct 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
A lion, a goat and a serpent.Fire pouring from its mouth.The ancients imagined such a creatureand called it a chimera. Far beneath the surface of the ocean,another chimaera moves through the darkness.A strange-eyed, long-tailed fish,sometimes called a ghost...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
The mango tree is finally healing after its radical pruning nearly a year ago. But I wonder about the root system. How far does it reach beyond the canopy that remains? What is going on under there? Above ground, I can see where the cuts were made. I can witness new...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
One after another, after another!Enough, already! Danger ahead! Danger behind!And I thought myself done by now.Weren’t we supposed to have some easeinto old age? Apparently still learning.Apparently still growing.And I thought I was all grown up.Maybe enlightened by...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
You can’t remain asleepin the presence of something you genuinelyrecognize as beautiful. Beauty enlarges us, and that can be uncomfortablefor some people. Discomfort has a way of stripping awayour best-laid defenses.And if we’re attached to our armor,very little will...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
I used to mistake the wind for the workings of my mind. The whirlwind I first felt as a child. Gusts kicking up bits of leaves, paper, feathers, dust, and debris. That is what my thoughts seemed composed of. It is hard to settle a mind like that, always caught in a...
by Bela Johnson | Oct 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sorry, she said, and sorry she repeated. Not once, but multiple times. She was pulling out of a parking spot, and I was looking to pull in. A big smile on her kind face as she explained, apologetically, that the spot was reserved. Which, once she pulled out, I could...
