Saturday, May 21, 2011
Hemingway's Cats: An Illustrated Biography
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Ernest took great pleasure in writing to his family about his cats and how they were getting along. By 1943, Ernest and third wife Martha had eleven cats at Finca Vigia. "One cat just leads to another . . ." he wrote to his first wife, Hadley Mowrer. "The place is so damned big it doesn’t really seem as though there were many cats until you see them all moving like a mass migration at feeding time. . .
By the time Papa’s fourth wife to be, Mary Welsh, moved into the Finca in 1945, Ernest had twenty-three cats and five dogs. They were treated as royalty. The cats slept in the guest bedroom and later lived in a room on the second floor of the white tower Papa had built for his pets at one end of the terrace. He and Mary called the cats "purr factories" and "love sponges" that soaked up their love and in return gave them comfort and companionship.
Ernest took great pleasure in writing to his family about his cats and how they were getting along. By 1943, Ernest and third wife Martha had eleven cats at Finca Vigia. "One cat just leads to another . . ." he wrote to his first wife, Hadley Mowrer. "The place is so damned big it doesn’t really seem as though there were many cats until you see them all moving like a mass migration at feeding time. . .
By the time Papa’s fourth wife to be, Mary Welsh, moved into the Finca in 1945, Ernest had twenty-three cats and five dogs. They were treated as royalty. The cats slept in the guest bedroom and later lived in a room on the second floor of the white tower Papa had built for his pets at one end of the terrace. He and Mary called the cats "purr factories" and "love sponges" that soaked up their love and in return gave them comfort and companionship.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.
Γιάννης Ρίτσος | ΙΙΙ
Το σώμα -λέει-
στη γενική: του σώματος
και γενικά το σώμα
άλλη λέξη πυκνότερη δεν έχω
παίρνω τη νάυλον σακούλα
μπαίνω στα λαϊκά εστιατόρια
μαζεύω ψαροκόκαλα
για τις άγριες γάτες της γειτονιάς
στα διαλείμματα -λέει-
κουβεντιάζω με τους μουσικούς
στα σκοτεινά παρασκήνια-
τι απέραντη απόσταση διανύω
απ᾿ το σώμα σου
έως το σώμα σου.
Αθήνα 19.11.80
στη γενική: του σώματος
και γενικά το σώμα
άλλη λέξη πυκνότερη δεν έχω
παίρνω τη νάυλον σακούλα
μπαίνω στα λαϊκά εστιατόρια
μαζεύω ψαροκόκαλα
για τις άγριες γάτες της γειτονιάς
στα διαλείμματα -λέει-
κουβεντιάζω με τους μουσικούς
στα σκοτεινά παρασκήνια-
τι απέραντη απόσταση διανύω
απ᾿ το σώμα σου
έως το σώμα σου.
Αθήνα 19.11.80
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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