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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts – Off to School and Alexander Days by Sue Wickstead.

This series has now been scheduled through to mid-September and is closed for submissions but there will be another series early next year. This is the first of the posts from the archives of Sue Wickstead and she shares being … Continue reading →

– Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 -#Memoir – #RoyalNavy – Life on the Ocean Wave – Part Four – 1942 – HMS Beverley – American shipmates and rough seas 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 Weekly Round Up – August 4th – 10th – Starlings, Chart Hits 2005, Movie Themes, Kazakhstan, Reviews, New Books and Bloggers

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope your week has gone well.. we have been taking advantage of the dry weather even though the sun has been lacking. We had … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? – Owen – Face to Face 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 …

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts – #Book Review An Heirloom with a Mystery: The Stuart Spoon by Carrie Landgraf reviewed by Joy Neal Kidney

This series has now been scheduled through to mid-September and is closed for submissions but there will be another series early next year. This is the second post from author Joy Neal Kidney and is a review for a mystery….sounds like … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair – Book Review – #Medievalhistory – When Secrets Bloom: An enchanting Transylvanian : Some secrets heal. Others kill by Patricia Furstenberg

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

Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Winter: The Messengers of Peace and Desperation and The Storyteller by Sally Cronin

I did record this collection for my podcast but those recordings will now disappear as I stop my Soundcloud account. However they and the Tales from the Garden will be on my YouTube channel later in the year. There will … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes – Evergreen – A Star is Born, Theme song from La Bamba

Welcome to the movies and I hope you will enjoy the trip down memory lane with me as we listen to the iconic theme songs from the hit movies across the decades. William. “Evergreen” – “A Star is Born” “Evergreen” … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair – #NonFiction #SocialHistory Alex Craigie, #Travel #Humour Jacqueline Lambert, #Biography #Australia #1960s S. Bavey

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 Summer Book Fair – New Book Spotlight – #Scifi – The Quest for Orichalcum: An asteroid miners’ memoir (Viridian System) by Jemima Pett

Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Jemima Pett – The Quest for Orichalcum: An asteroid miners’ memoir (Viridian System) – on pre-order for August 12th. About the book Hang out with your favourite asteroid miners, discovering … Continue reading →