So Says Hemingway

A while back, a friend of mine traveled to the Florida Keys. She visited Hemingway's home and sent me this postcard.

It has graced the cork board above my desk for the past few months. Every once in a while, I take it down and look at it.

It makes me laugh. The Hemingway quote on the front is quite strange:

Writing and travel broaden your ass, if not your mind.

However, it is the description on the back of the card that I find equally - if not more - bizarre. It reads:

Ernest Hemingway's weight varied through the years, but his love for cats never wavered.

Even though I wonder about the tourism board employee who came up with this quip, I'm also able to admit that Papa Hemingway made a good point with this quote.

It's been a long, cold winter followed by a drab and chilly spring in Minnesota, and I've filled these days with writing, travel and travel writing.

Now that the sun is starting to peek out here at home, I've started breaking away from my computer and taking my dogs (for whom my love has never wavered) for long walks.

And while I'm not yet willing to publicly proclaim on my blog that all this travel writing has broadened my backside, I am willing to admit that my body is feeling the aftereffects of my newly extended neighborhood roamings.