by Bela Johnson | Aug 21, 2018 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
The air is still; alternately, the winds gust a bit. Then it pours or does not. Most of the island, if the papers can be believed, is in drought. This is unbelievable to those of us living in North Kohala. We’ve had little but rain most of the year, albeit...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 20, 2018 | country living, Hawaii, inspiration, nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
The compulsion when an overtaxed mind, yearning to occupy another’s rendering of reality twists, knife-like, between the blades, sabotaging the creative process, stifling the necessary tension held between opposites, that fractional moment before the water...
by Bela Johnson | Aug 14, 2018 | Hawaii, inspiration, nature, perspective, Uncategorized
Why be stingy with praise when all of life exists as streams of unfurling miracles, pausing in miniscule moments only to accept our wonderment and blessings? all photos ©Bela Johnson
by Bela Johnson | Aug 8, 2018 | Hawaii, nature, perspective, philosophy, Uncategorized
When the world is weary of mediocrity and the doors are flung wide open to admit the least of us is also worthy, neither better nor worse but as crucial to the whole as any other life form; When we finally attain some sort of collective maturity, a steady hand on the...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 31, 2018 | country living, lifestyle, musings, nature, Uncategorized
Small stones cobbled the backyard of the San Gabriel Mountains foothill home where I grew up, dappled by the light of pergola and wisteria overhead, flanking cascading waterfalls and the fishpond my father built outside my parents’ bedroom window; Yet it was...
by Bela Johnson | Jul 24, 2018 | nature, philosophy, Uncategorized
What do we do when the words won’t come, when we stand, stock-still, mouths agape, dazzled by beauty and wonder and awe, minds taking snapshots as if we might capture a moment in time, whatever that is, perception being everything; What happens to us when we become...
