Introducing Pens around the World
Introducing Pens Around the World, a website and a writers’ group for isolated writers working in English and living in far-flung places.
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Behemoth passing – of death and computers
My desktop PC, Behemoth, died on Monday evening at about 5pm. The boot drive had become corrupted. Windows 10 wouldn’t load. The auto repair process was caught in a repeating loop. I was faced with the Black Screen of Death. The panic monsters I’ve been using computers for work and play (and to kill time) … More…
Fat Tuesday, intolerance and how to bake semlor
Fat Tuesday – Mardi Gras, Fettisdag, Shrove Tuesday – lactose intolerance and the corona pandemic combine to get me baking Swedish Fettisbuns
Top of the Pops at TheSupercargo in 2020
Top of the pops at TheSupercargo in 2020: the 10 most popular posts published in 2020, and the 10 most popular of the websites’ older posts.
Even a godawful year may have a silver lining
Even a godawful year may have a silver lining, 2020 is no exception, despite disease and the incompetence of politicians, the blog goes on.
A Nod to Janus
Janus is Roman god of doorways and January. I invoke him to re-launch TheSupercargo.com and say something about the year just gone and the year to come.
Merry Christmas 2018 and good wishes for the New Year
To wish all friends and readers a Merry Christmas 2018 and good wishes for 2019 – the New Year will see some long-promised changes at TheSupercargo.
Calling out – Newsletter for April 2017
Calling out to all friends and visitors to TheSupercargo – and even to Idiot America – a newsletter summarising developments on the website to date.
The laws of gravity – Newsletter for February 2017
Gravity – a newsletter covering developments aboard TheSupercargo.com during the first few weeks of the year and making various unkeepable promises.
Turn and face the changes
The coming year will see me making some major changes to TheSupercargo.com, many, I hope, within the first three months of the New Year. Here’s an outline of what I hope to achieve and why.