To Milkman from The Mirror: books read in 2021
A reading diary entry about all the books I read in 2021. The last one I completed was Milkman, the first was The Mirror and the Light.
The Greetings of the Season to You All!
Greetings of the season to all readers with a photo of the advent story currently playing out in fridge magnets on my front door.
A Song of Ice and Snow
A photo essay about winter ice and snow collecting photos mostly taken – though many not used – for my 2012-2014 daily photo bog GBG365.
Liminal places: on the threshold – a reading diary
Liminal places are the spaces between, whether libraries or buildings, corridors or dark woods; threasholds we must cross in order to grow.
A Man Walks into a Bank – Flash Fiction
A man walks into a bank wearing nothing but a smile … This was the FlashNano prompt for 23rd November, and this short story was my response.
Skiing downhill, with or without an audience
Skiing downhill was never my strong suit – let’s face it, skiing was never my strong suit – but once upon a time I used to ski every winter.
City of Lights, libraries and bridges – back to Sundsvall
Paying a visit back to Sundsvall – for 10 years in the 1980s and 1990s the northern Swedish city where Mrs SC and I lived and worked.
A November Legacy – looking back at TheSupercargo
After all these years there’s a legacy of posts at TheSupercargo stretching back for 10+ years; here are some November adjacent ones.
Curse words we all use – but less often nowadays
I use the F-word more often and curse more, going against several trends among English speakers, it seems, but also with them in one respect.
Pilgrim, Riddly and setting free the turtles
A memory and a review of Riddly Walker, Turtle Diary and Pilgermann, ten years after the death of their author Russel Hoban.