Well, I'm back in Long Beach now - my mom is here for one more day and returning to Nebraska tomorrow (Monday) morning. Already getting swept up in all the things I need to be doing - at home, in the neighborhood, and in relation to my work. I'll set aside all my wonderful materials from my trip in Indonesia until June, because final revisions to my book on Second Life are due June 1. Then I'll go back to it with fresh eyes and start writing, and of course all the while staying in touch with my friends in Makassar and elsewhere in Indonesia.
It's going to be a challenge, this master plan of mine - to keep two research projects going for the next several years, one in Indonesia and one in a virtual world. But I find they each cast light on the other in interesting ways, and it keeps my busy mind occupied as well. So we'll see how it goes.
It was a wonderful, challenging, and deeply rewarding trip and I'm so glad I did it and that my mom got to come for the last two weeks. I don't know what's going to happen with this blog now. I've never yet been one for blogging my everyday life here in the USA, probably because I'm so busy here with my anthropological writing, but we'll see what happens. For now I'll leave this blog up as a record of my adventures.
Thanks to everyone who read this blog along the way and who have supported me throughout. My best wishes to you all. Terima kasih banyak semua!
Tom
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