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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I think the blog needs a breather. Going to just be posting some photos each day with running commentary. I’ll bet the photo has nothing to do with the words. You know how this blog works, right? See you in the photos. Like this one....
This time of the year here is rainy season so our early start is rainy evenings and beautiful mornings. Often warm reaching more than warm. I’ve lived here four years so most of tue temperature variations seem ok. Until we get to April...
Starting this in bed. It’s 530 or so in the morning. This is the quiet time. It never lasts so I take advantage of some writing time without unneeded or unwanted prompts. Sometimes feel the journal writing in the morning is my best time....
It’s been an interesting set of days. They does not make them good. Or even worthy of repetition. Now I find myself at this favorite little coffee shop on a Monday. Fresh from a short walk and wanting a longer. The feeling and freedom of...
I started writing on different things lately. I felt this need to go explore. To find words for things that held me here or that I took on walks. There is this tapestry of things to just find words for in Siem Reap. I wrote on it I...
Today the heat wave broke in some noticeable ways. First the evening brought wonderful rain showers. Then this morning it was some degrees cooler with cloudy skies and this wonderful cool breeze. Most of the year is the usual Southeast...
Some days sitting in the house and looking at the four walls. I did yoga. Before a nice walk. I knew then I would have to go. There was no way around it. I had this feeling that I must go. It reminds me once of being in Manila in 2019. I...
For some reason these days decent sleep is elusive. I guess some random thoughts then come to ensure I stay awake. Also listen now to the quiet the neighborhood has before 5am. This is the best time for me to write in the journal I...
This morning I had kinda felt like change was coming for morning coffee. The thing I enjoy the most mornings is the going for coffee. If I stay around the house, I get this morning walk in I enjoy. There is a market I walk by often and...
Well today in my patient undertaking, I found that now I can use obsidian with the pika publish plugin. So I am doing just that now. Alternatives are nice to find and the whole micropub API support is a fun one. Hello Phnom Penh! What...
I do both things not just on Wednesday. Lately I have found myself more curious about what I find here living. What things give me pause. Or make me want to write on them. I’m an inveterate tinkerer and I enjoy the writing on both the...
Well starting this to have a place to write through today really. I enjoy the idea of just going at a thing and seeing where it will end. Mornings here inevitably start early. It means as close as everyone lives to everyone else my...
This morning like usual I wake up and leave the bedroom dark. I love the mornings spent writing. Always a thing in my journal that leads to another. Since I don’t adhere to any kind of method either I just do whatever. Never have done...
Today things become my daily practices I love so much. A walk in the morning. Coffee out. Writing like I must do it feels like. I must state the daily experience. How life revolves around the practices I love and how the practices have...
Tomorrow we move slowly from here to there. It takes about 5 hours to get there and then it’s being back to a place I feel sometimes I want less of. Since it takes the hours I feel I have plenty of time to turn over how I feel. Decide to...