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this leaking roof May 18, 2024 roof & life & water Somewhere along the time this house began having problems with the roof. Last night my wife slipped and fell because water was leaking through in a coming home it was May 17, 2024 home & life & things It took three hours in the car to go from province to Siem Reap. Three hours of unending talking in Khmer. Thank you 4g and Apple Music for with Thursday May 16, 2024 life & Thursday & gain & loss It seems two days in the province will go by with me mostly doing what I want. Walking. Seeing a city with no noticeable expats. Finding my own words and wisdom May 15, 2024 words & wisdom If you been following along you maybe know that my daughter in law and I share time in coffee shops talking honestly. She’s a young Khmer. Has kids. today I see my daughter in law May 14, 2024 words & thoughts & deeds Very thankful to have her. Most of all she puts up with me. Agrees to meet for coffee and I can tell her most anything. It’s been hard to find a Monday before May 13, 2024 time & life & Vietnam Every so often we will get out of Siem Reap for days. This Wednesday we go to the big city for a few nights. Phnom Penh is not really a big Saturday Walking May 11, 2024 Saturday & writing & walking Today is one of those in-between days. My wife took off for her sister’s for the day. I took off for coffee. Time Coffee! This is one of my Friday follies May 10, 2024 cars & Friday & people & things Yes it is and there are follies. This morning it was decided for me to have soup from Kesor Restaurant. So it happened and I enjoyed the slurping our thursday May 9, 2024 Thursday & writing & life Thursdays always come. Mostly after Wednesday I guess. Today was different since we went to the river for breakfast and coffee. Our favored spot, Wednesday morning writing May 8, 2024 writing & life & morning The last days have been a slow move to deciding not to move. The house if you could call it such, was dirty and cramped. The landlady would not not a move in sight May 6, 2024 moving & life & coffee This seems so disappointing but our choices lessened because the landlord refused to do basic things in the house. Tonight my wife had a call with getting the weather May 5, 2024 weather & Cambodia It’s said Cambodia has hot and hot and rainy weather. We finished up with the hot part and now edging toward rainy season. Where we live it’s a long reading along May 3, 2024 news & reading & writing I guess one of my many failures is RSS. I have this open source reader on Android. I like it. The developer releases new builds frequently. It’s a moments that come May 2, 2024 moments & life I realized awhile ago I’m not fit company so I stay away from most people. This seems to have worked well. Only a few people put up with me. Few of this journal thing May 1, 2024 life & journal & blog & coffee One of the things since I returned to blot for blogging is the ease of creating words wherever and moving them around. I use this little markdown going to Phnom Penh April 30, 2024 The big city. One night and an appointment at the American embassy. My wife does some shopping. The big Central Market has her interest. The main family cafe times April 29, 2024 One of the place I go for coffee is a nice walk from the house. It’s outdoors with lots of chairs and tables. It’s very serene and peaceful. Easy to it’s my job April 27, 2024 Everyday I leave our house for my job. Often takes some walking to get there. My wife will tell me most days to not forget. So I go. Often I will days of ups and downs April 26, 2024 bridges & life & ups & downs Writing this thing again came up with the basic thing. What belongs where. This blog has been a personal reflection for me. Some things have worked. day by day is the way April 25, 2024 Vietnam & life & going When we got back from the island I knew we would talk about some things. Having a Cambodian wife can, be different, same and both. One of the things