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Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair – New Book Spotlight – #TV #Biographies – Wicked: The Men of Wicked Tuna by Andrew Joyce

As part of the summer book fair I will be sharing news of recent releases and today I am featuring Wicked: The Men of Wicked Tuna by Andrew Joyce. About the book The town of Gloucester—America’s first fishing village—has a … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts from last six months of 2024 – #Teaching #Children – The Former Student – On Teaching by Jennie Fitzkee

This series is now over for this season… another one early next year. In the first post from Jennie Fitzkee she shares her connection to a former student who is forging his own path in working with children and whose … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair 2025 – My recommended Books and One of Mine #Poetry #Grief #Memories Balroop Singh, #FlashFiction #Poetry M.J. Mallon, #Life #Love #Humour Sally Cronin

Welcome to the summer book fair where I will be sharing my personal recommendations for the books I have read which I would like to give a boost to. I will also be featuring any new books published during the summer in the series. The first poetry collection I can highly recommend is by Balroop … … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines – Kiribati…also known as The Gilbert Islands by Carol Taylor

Kiribati was a British colony before gaining independence in 1979…Kiribati pronounced Kiri-bas is made up of 33 atolls in the equatorial Pacific. The islands are low-lying and at risk from rising sea levels due to climate change. Kiribati is also the only country in the world that is located in all four hemispheres. Kiribati cuisine … … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair 2025 – My recommended Books – #Supernatural #Adventure John W. Howell, #WWII #Thriller Allan Hudson, #WWII #Netherlands Paulette Mahurin

Welcome to the summer book fair where I will be sharing my personal recommendations for the books I have read which I would like to give a boost to. I will also be featuring any new books published during the … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1940s – The Andrew Sisters, Woodie Guthrie, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington

Welcome to our show and whilst there has been some great music since 2005, we felt that hits from the 40s and 50s deserved a showcase and we hope you will enjoy this trip down memory lane. Here is my … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 -#Memoir – #RoyalNavy – Life on the Ocean Wave – Part Five -1943 – 1946 – HMS Forth and captured U-boats, Ceylon, HMS Woolwich, Earl Mountbatten by Eric Coleman

I realise it is over three years since I shared two memoirs which are focused on family. One is my father’s memoir about his life in the Royal Navy, Life on the Ocean Wave. The other series which follows is … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Health and Safety – #Mobiles #Email Digital Communications and Permissions by D.G. Kaye

Safety and Awareness – Digital Communications and Permissions – How to protect against being spied on by your Mobile Phone and Email Have I Been Hacked? Email Check! Welcome back to my Safety and Awareness series. In the first few … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – 11th – 17th August – Autumn, Contributors, Music, Short stories, Book reviews, Bloggers.

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have all had a good week and thanks very much for dropping in today. Not a great deal to report. Some sunny days but there is definitely an autumnal feel to the days, particular in the evenings. … … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? – Patrick – Love in a Time of War by Sally Cronin

It is four years since I shared this collection so I hope you will enjoy again or if new to the blog… for the first time. There are names that have been passed down through thousands of years which have powerful and deep-rooted meaning to their bearers. Other names have been adopted from other languages, … …