The Cats
Perhaps you have heard of the famous Hemingway cats. Famous because they are polydactyl. Famous because over fifty of them still roam Hemingway's Key West home, all of them descendants of the originals and all of them named after Hollywood stars and all of them buried creatively in the side yard when the time comes. Famous because Hemingway was famous.
The Hemingway cats are also maybe a little terrifying. They are not restricted to any one portion of the property (now a museum) which means that they are all over everything. And if you've ever walked into what you assumed was an empty room featuring a few booky relics to discover twenty or so animals languishing in the heat, you know what I mean. You notice one, and then you notice another, and then you see that you're surrounded. "This isn't how I thought it would be," you think. Of course, you did smell the cats before you entered. You had fair warning. And the tour guide has a lot to say about them. And you can buy tiny airplane-booze bottled Hemingway cat nip in the gift shop.
In any case, if you desire ardently to see the Hemingway cats in the Hemingway home, you'd better do it soon. The USDA is threatening to shut them down. Because you need a license to be an "exhibitor of cats," possibly one of the world's most terrifying professions.
posted by SAS @ Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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