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Rainywillow fic
"The constellations Shen and Shang"
Title from a poem by Du Fu. I believe the constellations in question are the Great Dipper and the morning star, that never appear in the sky at the same time.
Background to the Rainywillow settei can be found here and here. Professor Grant is a canon character, the antiques-mad Englishman with his love of horidashimono- bargain 'finds' from temple bazaars and small junk stalls. He's the one who gets scolded by the spirit of a teapot for not using the exact kind of tea (a very rare and precious one, as it happens) that the tea pot is used to. I think Hatsu sensei rather likes him, with his wide-eyed wonder and his innocent romanticism, but then Hatsu likes most of her characters, even the ones that make us roll our eyes.
Title from a poem by Du Fu. I believe the constellations in question are the Great Dipper and the morning star, that never appear in the sky at the same time.
Background to the Rainywillow settei can be found here and here. Professor Grant is a canon character, the antiques-mad Englishman with his love of horidashimono- bargain 'finds' from temple bazaars and small junk stalls. He's the one who gets scolded by the spirit of a teapot for not using the exact kind of tea (a very rare and precious one, as it happens) that the tea pot is used to. I think Hatsu sensei rather likes him, with his wide-eyed wonder and his innocent romanticism, but then Hatsu likes most of her characters, even the ones that make us roll our eyes.
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Willow Waves
[Twigs from the willow, the word for which in Chinese sounds the same as the word for "stay", were offered by friends on parting]
Row on row, unbroken gossamer willows
Their images inverted into clear ripples.
A studdy of those on the royal moat - yet not,
For there the Spring winds bring the pain of parting.
- Wang Wei, tr by Peter Harris
(end quote)
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as an aside, just swinging by the house to check post and no sign of post! >.< However I am not really too worried (well maybe only a little bit) because I have faith in the post. Almost everything I've been sent I have received. (that I know of anyways! ^__^) even post with no stamps (from the UK, one with no address even once (just my name and Singapore). Unfortunately this does indicate that I do have some very absentminded friends!
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Whatever, have just put together a supplementary package which goes out tomorrow.
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You're most welcome...thank YOU for sharing your fic!
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^__^
Just out of curiousity what DID you specify the parcel as?
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