by David Safier These were in my backyard this morning, on a cactus I stuck in the ground as a slip a few years back that had never flowered before. Those tropical-looking flowers are about five inches in diameter.
That low performer turned out to be a late bloomer, kind of like some of my students.
Me: Harold, I had no idea you could write like that!
Harold: Yeah, well . . . (Looks down at his desk, blushing slightly in delighted embarrassment and fiddles with the essay I just handed back.)
Maybe I should begin a southwest version of an established blogging tradition: Friday Cactus Blogging.
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