mikes writing
mikes writing
Michael Perry
Welcome to mikes writing! Just a little corner of some side of the web for me to do some writing. Mostly the site is a day to day endeavor of life here in Cambodia. Sometimes other places and a few coffees and some beers that came along.
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I had my way with the frontmatter of the blogpost so while it really is Saturday night, I pretty much know this will see the tender mercies of GitHub and netlify on Sunday. For whatever reason lately I've thought about some old papers...
Last night I sat over where I drank beer. And I drank some beer. I heard some American people talking at the restaurant. It is kind of a gathering spot for tourists and expats. One of the people was this YouTuber that I neither like or...
Today ended up being simply beautiful after some days of rain. Cooler temps. Humidity down. Sitting in the house did not seem right. My wife left to go fishing out in a rice field somewhere. I'm not into that after doing it a few times....
Today I ended up walking mostly in the rain after coffee. It was one of those rainy season days. Not when the rain comes down in buckets or sheets. It rarely does that here. Instead there is this gentle drumming of rain that can last an...
Kinda testing cross posting from my blog. Life goes on. Let's see if this does
It's the same day or whatever that means. I find myself sitting at a favorite little Khmer coffee spot. The music goes. The mood lifts. It's the caffeine. I have loved coming here for years. The owner periodically changes things. New...
My wife has this Khmer friend that married an American guy. He’s a millionaire or perhaps a kazilionaire or whatever it could be called. One time when they were talking my wife’s friend told her, If he ever runs out of money I am gone...
Some time back I dropped the MacBook Air M1 on the floor in our bedroom and it stopped charging. Instantly gripped with fear that by a stupid act of wanting to have the laptop on my lap I had doomed it. To tell the truth, I love this...
Lately I've thought some about the writing parts. I've left a few places for various reasons. Some things I've felt I needed a change from. Others I miss. I won't say which is what. I will say this writing gives me this sense of a little...
This morning at 2am. Not my greatest moment but one that seems to repeat with enough repeats to make me tired of it. I know sometimes when it happens I will get back to sleep. Other times, little dervishes of time and space seem to want...
It will be Monday. Much like any other day. Except it's my wife's birthday. So I have this mission. I will be heading out for the usual coffee adventure somewhere and then find this floral shop right by a local market to get some flowers...
Like I wrote previously this is my just about 5th year living in the land of wonder. Or Cambodia. All the time just about has been spent in either Phnom Penh or here in Siem Reap. What I've found this time is longevity. This sense of not...
For some reason. Maybe because it's beautiful weather today in Siem Reap and I have felt so good walking I need some dissipation. So I go downtown. Sit at viva! And have my share of their cheap draft beers. There's other places I could...
My wife made this fully loaded Khmer soup yesterday and fed these people in this small village. She told me about 20 people showed up to eat her food. This makes her very happy. I don't usually go to those events and she always still...
I actually decided to start this on Thursday afternoon after a wonderful walk, coffee, and some delicious fried rice my wife made. I often sink into some YouTube history documentaries that I find. Sometimes binge on The Ancients on...