Dili’s Journal 傾聽你的心 ― dedicated to the people that got me here.

The Devil in Scale

Read the news for ten minutes and you will feel it. That small flash of contempt for whoever signed off on the obvious mistake. A bridge collapses. A policy meant to feed a region starves it. An invasion promised to take six weeks limps into its third year. The implication of our headshake, never quite…

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Closure

To Those Carried Off, builders of new worlds; you were owed an apology you…

5 May, 2026 Essay

Shadow Product

To Roberts Ifeanyi Ikwudinso; for all the bad songs you taught me, coolest big…

11 March, 2026 Trade

Dying Forward

To Mrs. S. O. Adigun; my world of a school principal. Thank you, ma'am. [textblock…

20 February, 2026 Trade

Stoned

To Everyone Ever Stoned By My Face; What Can I Say? "After a certain…

10 February, 2026 Essay

The Emperor's New Complexion

To My Beige Kindred; love speaks from the heart. I love you, ALWAYS. "But…

4 January, 2026 Essay

Startup Mechanics

To Dear Nancy Von Stein Tuttle (and Garry); thank you for all your encouragement,…

30 December, 2025 Trade

What We Know

To Bianca Goetsch; thank you for the hero saves. "Doubt is not a pleasant…

26 December, 2025 Essay

Cosmic Seasons

To Laura Mae Smith Wood; the delicate flower that lives forever. If Earth's rotation…

28 October, 2025 Essay

Pilgrim’s Heartbreak

To Paul and Susan Dimmick; the brief period with your family will always mean…

19 October, 2025 Essay

Undream

To Susan and Allen Scott; never enough words to love you. Ever wonder what…

15 September, 2025 Essay

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