We - that's the cats and I - made it! It was a long drive from Tucson, with wind and occasional dust storms, but nothing as apocalyptic as yesterday's rain. Arrived as the sun was going down ...
... at the other end, the cats were the star of the day at check out. Miaow, miaow, miaow they went, as I pushed the trolley into the front hall at Tucson's Graduate Hotel (much recommended). Oh My God, said the young guy behind the desk - Are They Cats? I love Cats! I can't charge for cats! (and he didn't: their cuteness saved me $75). And then a group of women on some kind of leadership tour - couldn't quite make out what - but sustainability, borderlands, etc -crowded round: oh, aren't they sweet!! And then the woman who'd served me in the coffee shop - "aaaaaah.... can I take their pictures for the coffee shop? Gramsci! Is he - he looks like - a Bengal?" [he loved that]. It was hard dragging them away from their adoring fans.
Ahh! They really are very fetching, very charming cats. A serendipitous cat-encounter can make one's day.
ReplyDeleteI hear they're planning on going on tour - I guess I'll have to design t-shirts and baseball caps?
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