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October 14, 2025
Smorgasbord Funnies 2025 – Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies -Peeled Bananas and Marriage One Liners
As always some funnies foraged from the web from Debby Gies – D.G. Writes is where you will find an archive full of wonderful posts across several subjects including writing tips, social issues and book reviews. My thanks to Debby … Continue reading →
October 13, 2025
Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic Movie Themes (Especially for Jennie Fitzkee) – Theme song The Sound of Music and Do-Re-Mi
Welcome to the movies and I hope you have enjoyed this trip down memory lane with me as we listened to the iconic theme songs from the hit movies across the decades. This week there are two posts in the … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord Video – If this doesn’t make you smile… I will eat my hat!
It is a while since I have posted a video but this one caught my eye and it got my feet tapping and left a smile on my face… I dare you to keep still. thanks to KrisB
October 12, 2025
Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 – #Memoir #Waterford #Ireland 1930s – The Colour of Life – The Devil Finds Work 1936 by Geoff Cronin
My father-in-law, Geoff Cronin was a raconteur with a encyclopedic memory spanning his 93 years. He sadly died in 2017 but not before he had been persuaded to commit these memories of his childhood and young adulthood in Waterford in … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – 6th – 12th October 2025 – Soundcloud Update, Blogger Weekly, Contributors, Music, Cookery Column, Ireland 1930s, Funnies, Book Reviews.
Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have had a great week… nothing much to report from here except for some progress made on my WIP Tales from the … Continue reading →
October 11, 2025
Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? #Family #Love – Xenia – Beloved 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 Funnies 2025 – Open Mic Night with author Daniel Kemp – Mushroom Risotto and Economy Airlines…
Author Daniel Kemp has been keeping us entertained with his witty jokes and funny images for the last five years. Currently Danny is in the middle of studying for a degree and is not online very much. However, he has … Continue reading →
October 10, 2025
Smorgasbord Book Review – #Liverpool #LivingHistory #Memoir – Her Own Words: A Liverpool Mother’s Life: A True Story of Hardship and Fierce Heart by Veronica Kay – Edited by Robert C. Ryan.
Today I am reviewing a book written by Veronica Kay who lived in Liverpool all her life. Her grandson wanted to share her story and has published the book so others can read her remarkable story… He is married to … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Summer: Chapter Eleven – The Foxes 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 →
October 9, 2025
Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes – Somewhere Over The Rainbow – The Wizard of Oz, Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – The Man Who Knew Too Much
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. Somewhere Over The Rainbow – The Wizard … Continue reading →
