by Bela Johnson | Apr 13, 2022 | compassion, death, freedom, human interest, lifestyle, Uncategorized
We are all moving on to the next level,just as he did after coming throughwalls, us sitting at our kitchen table,pleading eyes confused, conflicted; Nobody spoke of suicide in that place,yet there he was, and I had to askanother neighbor if she knewwhat had happened;...
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 | Mar 8, 2022 | community, growing up, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
I always had dirt between my toes, beginning when I was old enough to toddle, and my parents did not care, having come out west from Chicago, land of the freezing, and I do not remember any scolding for it, surely I would if it existed, walked on blistering...
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...
