From the reservoir: a decade of TheSupercargo in August
After all these years of writing for TheSupercargo, there’s a reservoir of posts stretching back for more than a decade. Here are some.
Commonplace
The most popular posts at TheSupercargo – summer 2021
The most popular posts at TheSupercargo July 2020 to June 2021 inclusive, both among those published since Jan 2020 and among older posts.
Census-Taker of the Secret Commonwealth! Here we are
From This Census-Taker, via The Secret Commonwealth, to Here We Are, and stops between. An entry in my reading diary with a bias towards the fantastic.
Spring back through the years
A photo essay looking back at Spring (mostly the month of May) through the rear-view mirror of my photo archive, 2011-2021.
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.
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.