JACKI LYDEN, host: Whistling, for those who do, can fill the gaps in a lazy day.      Independent producer Richie Duchon sends an audio postcard from Portland,      Maine, where he found one man having a smoke and a whistle on a weekend      afternoon in the city's Old Port.</s>Mr.  JEFFREY HANNON: Hi there.  My name is Jeffrey Hannon(ph).  I live      in South Portland, Maine, and I like to whistle.</s>Mr.  JEFFREY HANNON: I often find that, like, over the course of my day when I'm      walking around or whatever, you know, just puttering around doing stuff,      I'm not really thinking verbally; I'm just hearing music in my mind.  And      that's just--it just kind of articulates itself that way.  You know what      I mean? It's just sometimes you think in terms of verbiage, and sometimes      you--one, I think, thinks in terms of notes and sound and that sort of      thing, you know. It's just the way I think, I guess.</s>Mr.  JEFFREY HANNON: I started whistling real young because--and I think this is      a kind of generational thing--my father used to whistle all the time, and      my grandfather used to whistle.  And I think it was more common for      people to do that 'cause many times I've had older women, older men, 60s,      70s, and go, `Boy, it's so lovely to hear somebody whistle.  You never      hear anybody whistle anymore.'</s>Mr.  JEFFREY HANNON: And my favorite way to whistle, really, is just to      freestyle.</s>Mr.  JEFFREY HANNON: And to me, it's an attempt to do something beautiful, you      know, just trying to do something beautiful.  Whether you succeed or not      is almost immaterial, but at least you tried to create some beauty in the      world.</s>JACKI LYDEN, host: This is NPR News.
Independent producer Richie Duchon sends an audio postcard from Portland, Maine, where he found a man whistling in the city's old port.