In honor of someone I never met but wish I had

[pjthompson]

Five things that make me happy right now:

1. The lazy music of the windchimes in the gentle breeze.

2. My coffee just the way I like it.

3. The background of birdsong as I type.

4. The filter of crimson sunlight through my curtains.

5. The way Min curls, white belly up, as she lays sleeping.

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Windchimes are one of my favorite things. I hope to have a place someday where windchimes seem appropriate. (I have a bell one right now, but it's on the inside of my apartment door.)

They remind me of the beach.

Your happy things sound wonderful. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Windchimes are one of my favorite things.

These are the pipe kind--the small pipies, so it's a mostly high sound, but there's one larger pipe that gives it a bit of a base notes. I also have a bell and a little set of high piping chimes. They're right outside the window I write in and it's a lovely sound.

They remind me of the beach.

the beach is about ten blocks west of here. :-)

[pjthompson]

What Anonymous said. ;-/

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This made me smile on a day when I haven't smiled much.

[pjthompson]

I'm glad, but I wish you many more smiles.

airships - appropo of nuthin'

[thursdayhaiku.livejournal.com]

http://www.wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com/Misc/Airships/Airships.htm

Re: airships - appropo of nuthin'

[pjthompson]

Hey, thanks!

My airships seems to have evolved into something quite, quite fanciful, but I like to keep in touch with "reality," too. :-) Ironically, I was just writing an airship scene at lunch today.

Re: airships - appropo of nuthin'

[thursdayhaiku.livejournal.com]

You know, they say great minds think alike;-)

Some of those airships on that site drop planes from their tummies - a cool idea.

I ordered the first of that Roman mystery series, SPQR, that you mentioned. Can you suggest some steampunk for me? I'm veering in a steamy-punkish direction.

Julia

Re: airships - appropo of nuthin'

[pjthompson]

I ordered the first of that Roman mystery series, SPQR,

Hope you like it! I ordered Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw.

Can you suggest some steampunk for me?

The two that come to mind are The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo (he's so weird but I like him) and Homunculus by James P. Blaylock. I'm drawing a blank otherwise.