by Bela Johnson | Feb 22, 2021 | community, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized, wildlife
Driving to the post office two miles down the road, a camouflaged coyote sits, watching traffic go by, head swiveling to and fro, ears perking up when I spot her, and we think we speak different languages; Yesterday as I approached our mountain home, a female elk...
by Bela Johnson | Feb 8, 2021 | animals, desert life, lifestyle, nature, self awareness, Uncategorized
Winding down the mountain road, layers obviate themselves; Ponderosas and then cottonwoods and aspens on either side, the Vallecitos River winding along now-fallow fields, rolled or baled hay stacked near livestock, snow-capped peaks in the distance, mountains beyond...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 26, 2021 | #writephoto, COVID-19, human interest, Uncategorized
I stand alone, silhouetted by the dawn, queen of the mountain, the hill or nothing at all, tiny speck on a speck of stardust, endlessly orbiting in a vast, wide universe, wondering (do trees and coyotes wonder?), waiting, I suppose, to rejoin the human race after too...
by Bela Johnson | Jan 5, 2021 | culture, perspective, politics, Uncategorized
There is a divide growing in the US larger than the Grand Canyon.The Grand Canyon is a spectacular natural wonder, whereas events leading up to the scope of this divide have been anything but. Quite literally, Americans have been cleaved along lines of those for...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 30, 2020 | musings, nature, perspective, philosophy, relationships, Uncategorized
An avalanche or a rockslide cleaves sharply from its origins; boulders of perception tumbling, tumbling, thundering carelessly over terrain flinching passively; unexpected projectiles lodging fragments into storied ice; Millennial madness, and it drives and it falls...
by Bela Johnson | Dec 14, 2020 | country living, high desert, lifestyle, nature, Uncategorized
Looking out this window seems sacrament. We are surrounded by Ponderosa pine forest, and, as in Hawaii with the ocean, I tend to take the trees more for granted, the longer our tenure in this place. I remind myself to remain better in touch with not only these regal...
