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October 9, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Malcolm Allen Entertains – Boarding Passes and Sins
Time for some more humour from Malcolm Allen in Australia with some perspectives on heaven and hell… My thanks to Malcolm for excellent foraging and we hope you are leaving with a smile on your face. About Malcolm Allen The … Continue reading →
October 8, 2025
Smorgasbord Health Column 2025 – The Obesity epidemic – Where in the Lifestyle can we Intervene? – Part Two by Sally Cronin
In Part One of this series I looked at diet from birth to two years old with the emphasis on breast feeding for six months and the introduction of key foods that would complement breast milk and help develop a healthy … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord Book Reviews September 2025 Round Up – #Mystery #Galapagos Sharon Marchisello, #Pets #Family Lauren Scott, #Honour #Family Jan Sikes, #Western #Romance #Family Nina Romano
Delighted to recap my recommendations for September 2025 in case you missed their individual posts. All wonderful reads. The first September review was for the latest release by Sharon Marchisello...a follow on book from – Secrets of the Galapagos which … Continue reading →
October 7, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Cookery Column with Carol Taylor – Introduction and Egg Drop Soup
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 Funnies 2025 – Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Shirley and a Dog and Cat share their diaries.
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. Also today the first … Continue reading →
October 6, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1950s – Chuck Berry, Debbie Reynolds, The Champs and Ritchie Valens
Welcome to our show and a selection fo hits from the 40s and 50s and we hope you will enjoy our music memories and some of the news events of the decade. Here is my next selection of top 1950s … Continue reading →
Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight and my Review – #Adventure #Travel Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bag by Darlene Foster
Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Darlene Foster… and my review for this lovely episode in the Amanda travel stories…close to home. Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bag. About the book Twelve-year-old Amanda Jane … Continue reading →
October 5, 2025
Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 – #Memoir #Waterford #Ireland 1930s – The Colour of Life – How the Stable Was Built 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 – September 29th – October 5th 2025 – Tech issues, Blogger Weekly, Chart Hits 1950s, Movie Themes, Libya Cuisine, Ireland 1930s, Shortstories, Funnies, Book Reviews, New Releases.
Welcome to the round up of posts on Smorgasbord this week you might have missed. I hope your week has been rewarding…we have had some ups and downs but nothing major, although WordPress has been playing up… I am unable … Continue reading →
October 4, 2025
Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? – Walter – Lost and Alone 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 …
