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September 19, 2025
Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Spring: Chapter Eight – The Royal Banquet 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 →
Published on September 19, 2025 02:30
September 18, 2025
Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes – Dancing Queen and The Winner Takes It All – Mamma Mia,
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. Dancing Queen – Mamma Mia The 2008 … Continue reading →
Published on September 18, 2025 16:10
Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts from last six months of 2024 – Let’s Go to the Museum Writing Challenge #4 – Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) with Kay Castaneda
This series is now over for this season… another one early next year. This is the second post from author Kay Castaneda and she shares a post written in response to an artistic challenge…. Let’s Go to the Museum Writing … Continue reading →
Published on September 18, 2025 02:30
September 17, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Malcolm Allen Entertains – Google Street Views and Bear Snacks
Time for some more humour from Malcolm Allen in Australia with an exploration of the medical profession.. My thanks to Malcolm for excellent foraging and we hope you are leaving with a smile on your face. About Malcolm Allen … Continue reading →
Published on September 17, 2025 16:10
Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts from last six months of 2024 – #Writing #Editing #Publishing – Feeling like a Fraud by Andrew McDowell
This series is now over for this season… another one early next year. In the second post from Andrew McDowell he explores something we can all relate to as writers… that is not believing in yourself and in your work, … Continue reading →
Published on September 17, 2025 02:30
September 16, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines – Discovering Latvian Cuisine: Traditional Dishes and Drinks with Carol Taylor
I am so pleased you have come to join me for this virtual tour of Latvia as I explore World Cuisines country by country… Latvia is situated in north-eastern Europe with a coastline along the Baltic Sea. Latvia has borders … Continue reading →
Published on September 16, 2025 16:10
Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts from last six months of 2024 – #Life #Celebrities #TokyoVice – That Cinderella Moment by Laura Lyndhurst
This series is now over for this season… another one early next year. This is the second post from the archives of Laura Lyndhurst…and Laura shares some moments of ‘rubbing shoulders’ with some celebrities… That Cinderella Moment by Laura Lyndhurst … Continue reading →
Published on September 16, 2025 02:30
September 15, 2025
Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1950s – Nat King Cole, Big Joe Turner, Mel Blanc, Vera Lynn
Welcome to our show and hits from the 40s and 50s and we hope you will enjoy our music memories and some of the news events of the decades. Here is my first selection of top 1950s chart hits which … Continue reading →
Published on September 15, 2025 16:10
Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair – New Book Spotlight – #Psychological #Family – When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket
Delighted to welcome Deborah Brasket to the blog today with her debut novel When Things Go Missing. On pre-order for September 22nd. About the book What happens when the one person holding a family together mysteriously disappears? How well do … Continue reading →
Published on September 15, 2025 02:30
September 14, 2025
Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 – #Memoir #Waterford #Ireland 1930s – The Colour of Life – The Crane 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 →
Published on September 14, 2025 16:10