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
Behemoth, my desktop PC, died on Monday. I could probably revive it, but it’s ten years old – old for a computer. It’s time to buy a new one.
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.