Mike's Thoughts
Mike's Thoughts
Michael Perry
Welcome to Mikes Thoughts. Mostly day to day ramblings on life in Cambodia or other places in Asia and beyond. I write on coffee, thoughts, ideas, whatever I decide. Hope you enjoy the stay.
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In a few days we will be leaving for Kampot. Normally, I would enjoy going there. It has a nice share of restaurants, coffee places, and a nice river walk. This time we are going for this wedding thing which is an hour out of town in a...
I’ve thought about this thing for a bit. How living here has basically reshaped the dialogue. I get to see a few expats now and again. Sometimes a person just arriving or another person that’s been here 10 years or longer living. I’ve...
I’ve been with Pika for a week now. It’s been really a nice change and Barry sent a nice email welcoming me and asking how I was finding it. I appreciate the touches and just how it feels writing here. What I’ve wanted since about...
Most mornings here in the kingdom are slow. I’ve felt living here this time this sense of things unfolding at whatever speed decided by different factors. Perhaps the weather. The warm days seem to cause some laziness and desire to not...
After the nice walk here today and then ordering a pizza for delivery, it came to me I should go downtown tomorrow. My wife let me know I am expected to attend a Khmer wedding thing all the way in Kampot. This is a big family thing so...
This morning I was reading and writing. Listening to this mix on Spotify of acoustic morning easy listening. It offers a wonderful cornucopia of what I like sometimes. Coffee figures prominently. Writing the journal means dipping my oar...
I’ve been doing the walking thing for some decades. Started when I worked and felt stressed and unhappy and I’d go out and walk these dirt trails by San Francisco Bay. Then I would time the walk and have a map of where I went. Also got...
I want to be able to decide on a thing and just stick with it. Blogging has always been this “change” thing with me. I find some new platform or service and its like, oh I wanna try that. Looks so cool. I must do it. The other thing ends...
My perennial favorite is Noi Cafe. Downtown. Easy to get to. Wonderful windows to the river. Comfy chairs and decent WiFi. Noi Cafe Sunday. Love just sitting and letting the morning swing slowly by. Captured in words because it’s what I do.
Well yeah. Sitting here still with coffee. This quiet Saturday spent with a little news in my current favorite RSS reader. Notably Current Reader now. I like how it works for me now. It has a pleasing and minimal aesthetic. I also spent...
Life has been more argument and issues lately. The Khmer new year was not a thing I enjoyed. The three days each seemed to have a challenge or problem. Yesterday I ended up sitting at home most of the day. I had hoped we would go out...
And I go out. Some beer. Warm day. More beer. Life. Life’s good.
Because pika has been so nice with their api supporting micropub publishing I feel this desire to post more detritus and perhaps more of whatever it is I find myself doing. Perhaps not doing. The whole publishing thing is huge folks. It...
It’s nice to be here. Coffee is on. Life is getting ready to be the same same but different. There’s Otres Beach for ya. Otres Beach one time Go enjoy your times. I’ll just be here writing and walking.
I decided on the usual whim to start writing here. Mostly because I really enjoy using iA Writer and it has baked in support for micropub publishing. Pika does that now. It takes away the need for a visit to web editor and replaces it...