A Week of Shorts: Age and Tallness

The cacti at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden are robust and tall. Majestic. Yesterday, driving west of Phoenix, out in the desert, we saw saguaros with their arms drooping. I wanted to pull over and make them slings.

This extraordinary work of art was created by a woman who is now 96. Probably created a long time ago, right? Nope. 2017. Rotraut. That’s it – that’s her name. One word like Cher. She is lasting as long. So should we all.