KEYCHRON K3 ULTRA-SLIM 75% LAYOUT RGB BACKLIT WIRELESS BLUETOOTH/WIRED USB MECHANICAL KEYBOARD

In Key West, sweating in the oppressive heat and humidity, I wiped my brow on my T-shirt and trekked on. I was here for 48 hours, and this was the only time I was going to get to myself. A few hours of exploring street shops, eating local Cuban-themed food, and of course, visiting PaPa Hemingway’s house.

I did the tour. Saw all the six-toed cats. Imagined what the place was like back in the day. And then I saw it… the typewriter. Those glorious keys, once pressed and punched by the man himself. The translator between Hemingway’s thoughts and the words on the page.

I’d like to think that if Hemingway was writing in the modern age, he’d use something like the Keychron K3. The clack of real mechanical keys, the tactile feel conducting right into your bones. And of course, that backlit keyboard—which I’ve set to a permanent amber glow that reminds me of whiskey. Just like Papa would have wanted.