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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2025 – My Pick of two of your posts from last six months of 2024 – #Life #Planning Chances Are …by Laura Lyndhurst

This series is now over for this season… another one early next year. This is the first post from the archives of Laura Lyndhurst…and Laura explores how whilst we might have made plans that looked pretty set in stone, chances … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1940s – Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como

Welcome to our show and a selection of hits from the 40s and 50s we hope you will enjoy the music and the news from those decades. Here is my next selection of top 1940s hits which I hope you … Continue reading →

Summer Book Fair – New Book Spotlight – #Shortstories Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two by D.L. Finn

Delighted to share the news of the latest short story collection by D.L Finn… Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two. On pre-order for September 24th. About the collection. Miracles saturate the sweet-scented Christmas season—a reminder we aren’t alone. … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 – #Memoir #Waterford #Ireland 1920s – The Colour of Life – My Grandfather’s Story 1930 by Geoff Cronin

My husband’s father 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 … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up September 1st – 7th 2025 – New Toys, Cat Therapy, 1940s music, Movie Themes, Summer 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. Here it is time to put the summer clothes away… donate clothes that now don’t fit (in … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? – Sonia – In Search of Prince Charming 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 Summer Book Fair – My Recommended Books – #History #SouthAfrica Pat Spencer, #Haiti #Thriller Mark Bierman, #Australia #Adventure Janet Gogerty

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 →

Summer Book Fair – Book Review – #Mystery – Murder at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos: A Giovanna Rogers Mystery by Sharon Marchisello

Delighted to share my review for the latest release by Sharon Marchisello...a follow on book from – Secrets of the Galapagos which I can highly recommend. Murder at Leisure Dreams – Galapagos: A Giovanna Rogers Mystery (Giovanna Rogers Mysteries Book 2). … Continue reading →

Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Spring: Chapter Six – The Magic Garden Comes to Life 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 – Where do I begin – Love Story, I Just Called To Say I Love You – The Woman in Red

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. Where do I begin – Love Story … Continue reading →