Sweet

On Dia de Los Muertos, the dead are honored at altars like this one in Guadalajara, Mexico.
 
 

Sweet the memories
of those who’ve passed through autumn
to their resting place.

 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Palm Trees

Palm tree shadows climb up the side of a building at Yuma Palms Regional Center, Yuma, Arizona.
 
 


 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Autumn in the Desert

Tree shadows creep across the Sonoran Desert in Southern Arizona on an autumn day.
 
 

Autumn afternoon—
a desert tree is writing
shadow poetry.

 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Cracks

Shadows often lurk in cracks in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona.
 
 

Some light, some shadows—
summer arranges herself
just as she wants to.
 
 
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Shadow Shot Sunday 2: Desert Shadows

Shadows dot the desert landscape near Ajo, Arizona.
 
 

The shadowlands wait
in ever deeper silence
for the Flower Moon.

 
 
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Got No Lucky Shoes

Got no lucky shoes, and I got no magic ring;
Got some silly stories, though, and songs I like to sing.
Got no magic wishbone, got no lucky sox,
But I can think my way, my friend, right out of a box.
Some say I’m peculiar, others say I’m weird,
But folks like me are treasures—not something to be feared.

© 2021 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 

Self-care

lighting a candle—
self-care for body and soul
on the journey home

 
 
 
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Unforgettable

A huge chunk of copper ore can be seen at Robert J. Moody Demonstration Garden, Yuma, Arizona.
 
 
 
 
unforgettable—
the last time words of wisdom
tumbled from the stone
 
 
 
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Way Station

The shadow of an ironwood tree offers relief from the heat in Yuma County, Arizona.
 

Desert way station—
I rest in a shady place
before moving on.

 
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Lotus

A white lotus blossom is surrounded by shadows in a Tucson, Arizona pond.
 
 
 
Was it a blackbird
that coaxed the lotus open
to bask in the sun?
 
 
 
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