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10 April 2026
Since my last post, I have a few things to report. I have continued studying Indonesian (working through Hantarto Widjaja's epic 4,637 word vocabulary list, which is almost like a great novel, maybe Moby-Dick, for its texture, themes, and sense of adventure). Waiting for Margot was not selected as a finalist for the Samuel Richardson Prize. I spent my time dealing with computer maintenance and some minor but absorbing health issues.
I also listened to the radio a lot, the greatest share to the local NPR station (KPBS), but also conservative and Christian AM talk radio, two Los Angeles stations (KNX and KFI), and once, at night, a conservative talk radio station in the Bay Area, along with some music stations in San Diego and occasionally in Mexico.
I decided to change different things, one of which is that I'm trying to draft what I write (more often) using pen and paper.
I read some novels. Currently reading A Promised Land, by Barack Obama, his memoir covering becoming president of the US, and the majority of his first term.
I see in these last few months an emphasis on news media and politics, which I think is one ingredient in where I'm going next. The other note being fiction. So I am considering the two projects of analysis of news and fiction from an MSL/VMH perspective.