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Smorgasbord Funnies 2025 – Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Voodoo dolls 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 →

Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair 2025 – #Mystery – Murder at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos: A Giovanna Rogers Mystery by Sharon Marchisello, #Mystery #Vietnam Poetic Justice: by Dan Antion and Willow Willers, #Adventure #Travel Amanda in Ireland: The Body in

Welcome to this year’s Christmas book fair. In the first few posts I will be revisiting some of the new books I have promoted during the year and can also recommend, with one of their other reviews with that ‘come … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair – New Book Spotlight – #Psychological #Suspense Too Far Standing Still by Lisette Brodey

Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Lisette Brodey… Too Far Standing Still About the book From the author of Twice a Broken Breath and What the Years Remember How far would you go to realize your … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Cookery Column with Carol Taylor – And these are? Water Chestnuts

Over the next alternate Wednesdays I will be sharing a series we originally ran back in 2018, and with many more visitors to the blog now and fans of Carol’s food posts, we thought you might enjoy all the foods … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Christmas Book Fair 2025 -#Romance #Family #Italy – Finding Serenissima by Apple Gidley, #Colonial #History #Adventure Daniel Boone and Me by N. A. Granger, #Medievalhistory – When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg

Welcome to this year’s Christmas book fair. In the first few posts I will be revisiting some of the new books I have promoted during the year and can also recommend, with one of their other reviews with that ‘come … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Music Column Retro – The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin 1930 – Fred Astaire and Leo Reisman, Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields, The Blackbottom

Welcome to the series of the music column where I am joined as always by Jazz singer and composer William Price King.  We hope you will join us every Tuesday for some of the chart hits of the big band … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025- #Memoir #Waterford #Ireland #History – The Colour of Life – James the Landlord 1939 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 – Safety and Awareness – #Fire #Prevention #Home #Escapeplan by D.G. Kaye

Welcome back to my Safety and Awareness series here at Sally’s Smorgasbord Blog Magazine. In this post, I want to talk about preparedness in the home in case of fire. Do you have safety protocols around the home in case … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up 10th – 16th November 2025 – Wedding Anniversary, Big Band era, Movie Themes, cuisine Liechtenstein, humour, book reviews and Christmas book fair.

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have had a good week… although most of the Ireland, the UK and Europe have been hit hard by a major storm front. Definitely a wild and windy week for us with 90k gusts on Thursday and … … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Comedy Guest Spot – Shopping and Influencers

I am delighted to welcome back Terry Tyler with some more of her entertaining funnies. My thanks to Terry Tyler for sharing her humour today. I know she would love to hear from you. A small selection of books by … Continue reading →