The end of the year is nigh, and I am spending ever more time with all the selections from my Residua. Now I have as many as ten of them to deal with, and quite a few of them are rather bulky. Even those that are already in print are not yet finished in my mind. Some of the pieces in them have new addenda, and all the selections have by now sprouted a new section under the same vague title: Sundry Afterthoughts. Given that all the selections are still alive, I add new pieces to them every now and then. Each time this happens, I am prodded forward with fresh enthusiasm bordering on zeal. But I am also spending quite a bit of time bringing all the selections in line in terms of structure and formatting. For this purpose, I just listed them all, and the list made me outright happy all by itself. Here goes:

Belgrade Postcards, Reading, Berkshire, 2002—Published the same year by Vračarski Breg, Belgrade

Istrian Postcards, Reading, Berkshire, 2003—Published the same year by Vračarski Breg, Belgrade

Cave Art Now: Shamanism and Geometric Art, Reading Berkshire, 2003—Available on Ca’ Bon Gallery website in Portable Document Format

Motovun Postcards, Motovun, Istria, 2007—Available on Ca’ Bon Gallery website in Portable Document Format

Toward a Short History of Motovun, Motovun, Istria, 2010—Published the same year by Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, Munich

What Is to Be Done? Climate Change for Beginners, Motovun, Istria, 2014—Published the same year by HESPERIAedu, Belgrade

Dying to Go to Strasbourg: My Struggle with Croatian Courts, Motovun, Istria, 2015—Available on Ca’ Bon Gallery website in Portable Document Format

Catching Up with Issa: Haiku for the Twenty-First Century, Motovun, Istria, 2015—Available on Ca’ Bon Gallery website in Portable Document Format

Zagreb Postcards, Motovun, Istria, 2016

Who Is Yoga? The Will to Ignorance, Motovun, Istria, 2016

The collection of my haiku of one-hundred and sixty characters, including spaces, will keep going as long as I am among the living, but it has long been available in its present form. I just keep adding the new haiku to it. But the last two selections are not yet ready for the public eye. Although they are close to being finished, both of them still need a little something that will make them books proper. Which is why they presently take most of my time. Predictably, the book about yoga is uppermost on my mind at this time. Once I bring it to a close, I will do the same with all the other selections, at least in some sense of that word. This also applies to all the writings in my magnum opus, the bulk of which are not in any of the above selections. And this is why I am now spending so much of my time with them all. At this stage of my life, the will to ignorance may well surprise even myself.

Addendum I (February 8, 2016)

As of today, the last selection from my magnum opus is available on my Ca’ Bon Gallery website in Portable Document Format. That is the book about yoga. The book about Zagreb has been available on the same site since last month. In short, I am done with selections from my Residua. It is possible that I will come up with a few more selections in the years to come, but that strikes me as not very likely. Enough is enough.

Addendum II (July 21, 2016)

The first addendum to this piece was penned only five months ago, but a new selection is already in the works (“The Eleventh Selection from My Residua,” July 17, 2016). It will bring together all the pieces of fiction I have ever written—stories, tales, and fables. According to my plans, it will be completed late this year or early next one. One way or another, I cannot but hope that this will be the last selection among selections, but only time will tell. Quite a few selections listed in the original piece crossed my mind quite unexpectedly and came to fruition in just a few days. Which is why I would not be surprised by any more surprises of this ilk.

Addendum III (January 20, 2018)

Time flies. New selections are popping out left and right. I put together all my letters to The Economist last year, and the preface to the selection points out how important these letters have been to me over the years (”Letters to The Economist,” September 16, 2017). In addition, all recordings of my dreams will appear in a new selection a month or two from now. Its preface is already out, though (”I Dreamt,” January 20, 2018). One more time, I am delighted by this particular selection. Will there be any more of them in the future? Obviously enough, the future is anyone’s guess. Surprises will always remain surprises.