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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – 29th June – 5th July – Writing community, Big Band Era, Movie Hits, Recipes, short stories, reviews, Summer Book Fair.

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Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

I hope you have had a good week… whatever your temperatures. We have had sunshine but also a cooling breeze to very pleasant. The cat is happy so I am too.

For those who celebrated July 4th I hope you had an amazing time with family and friends and I suspect the party will spill over to today as well.

Another lovely review for Tales from the Irish Garden… this time from author Beth Haslam and as always so happy to hear that the storyteller and the other residents of the garden have been enjoyed. Tales from the Irish Garden.

Balroop Singh shared her reviews for Wildflower by Maggie Watson and for Tales from the Irish Garden on her blog this week and gave me another lovely boost. Must Read Books

And Darlene Foster shared a lovely story in the Authors in the Sun series that had everyone guessing right to the end… and she kindly reblogged with a lovely feature for Tales from the Irish Garden..Darlene Foster Reblog

My thanks as always to the amazing contributors for their posts and support.

William Price King joined me for a Big Band era and on Friday another in the Chart Toppers and Blockbuster series and we are delighted you are enjoying along with us.  You can catch up with William on his own Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies will be back with another post in her series on Monday. On her own blog you will find the latest in her series on courageous women and as always her Sunday Book Review and this week it is for When Things Go Missing by Deborah Brasket  D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor was here on Wednesday with the second part of spicing up your food and.on her own blog Carol shared  the most recent of the cuisines of Peru. CarolCook 

Thomas Wikman will be here on July 23rd with his next in the Superfact series. Amazon US

The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin – 1940s – Tommy Dorsey, Russell Case Orchestra with Perry Como, Martha Graham

Chart Toppers and Blockbusters 1980s with William Price King – U.S.A. For Africa – “We Are The World” and Platoon

The Cookery Column Retro with Carol Taylor – Family Favourites and Spices in action Part Two

Letters from America 1985-1987 – Introduction and Arrival – We get the Call by Sally Cronin

Recipes that Pack a Punch – Salads don’t have to be boring by Sally Cronin

#Anthology #Historical – COURAGE: Tales of History, Mystery and Hope

Round up of June 2026 Book Reviews – #Spitfires #Dunkirk Suzy Henderson, #Psychological #thrillers Terry Tyler, #Shortstories #America #Heartland Joy Neal Kidney, #Noir #Crime #Thriller Alison J. Moore

#Anticipation Precious Time by Darlene Foster

#Anthologies #Eat #Work #Stories Yvette Prior and Marsha Ingrao

New Book on the Shelves – #Family #Murder #Mystery – The Secret Collector by Beem Weeks

#Fantasy #Sciencefiction D. Wallace Peach, #Mythical #Fantasy Grace Blair, #Fantasy #Adventure Luciana Cavallaro,

#Children’s #Bathtime Sue Wickstead, #Rhymes #cats Cheryl Spears, #Easter #Hoglets Lynette Creswell, #Mystery #Dragons Esther Moonstomp

#Travel #Albania Jacqueline Lambert, #Barge #Canals #Continent Valerie Poore, #Travel Greece Sally Jane Smith

 

Thank you very much for dropping in today and I hope you will join us again next week..

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – August 12th -18th 2024 -#WritingCommunity #Gratitude, Music, Recipes, Gallstones, Pet Health, Book Reviews, Shaggy Dog Story and Humour

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Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

It has been a busy week with getting ready for my trip next week. I am leaving on Tuesday and will be online briefly until Friday when we are heading off on a mini cruise to Guernsey until the Monday. I am not taking my laptop so will be totally offline except for my mobile for calls home, which won’t do me any harm at all. Then I will be travelling back over Tuesday/Wednesday. So if you don’t see me around or I don’t respond to emails or comments… don’t worry ‘I’ll be Back‘

I have left the blog locked and loaded with the regular posts and some others to keep you entertained and hope you enjoy.

This weekend I have been on a cooking spree leaving masses of vegetables prepared in the freezer for David while I am away plus some easy cook main courses such as steak and salmon for the air fryer…I know he will be getting on with house and garden jobs while I am away and it makes life easier for him… the cat is also covered and the birds so I can rest assured that everyone is getting what they need while I am away… and peace and quiet lol! I know which of our cats below costs a lot less… and doesn’t need to be let in and out as often!

It has been a lovely week also because of the kindness of others with regard to my new book.  Here is a post about some of my visits and reviews.

My thanks to Marjorie Mallon, Judith Barrow, Carol Taylor, Alex Craigie, Mary Crowley, Jacqui Murray, Debby Gies, Lisette Brodey, Stevie Turner, Sandra Cox and Denise Finn whose wonderful review was posted on Saturday and on Sunday an endorsement from Debby Gies with a follow up to her feature… I am absolutely buzzing.

Sally Goes Out and About…New Book Launch – Size Always Matters

As always my thanks also goes to my friends who contribute to the blog

William Price King  William joined me for the Breakfast Show on Tuesday and his series of iconic Duets on Friday. William is now on his usual summer break but will catch up with your comments in September You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies will be here on Monday with the next in her series Life Lessons 101 and this week Living in the Now… She joined me earlier in the week with some funnies… On her own blog Debby very kindly not only featured a launch post and inteview earlier in the week for my new book but also reviewed Size Always Matters as her Sunday Book Review D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be here on Wednesday with the next of her A-Z  World Cuisines and this week The Dominican Republic. She also joined me here for a rewind of our series Cook from Scratch to pervent nutritional deficiencies..On her own blog Carol’s asks for some help with her upcoming cookbook cover and also her most recent World Cuisine post on the foods of Japan..and thanks as always for sharing my posts to her blog CarolCooks2

Malcolm Allen entertained us this week with his wonderful humour.

Thanks again for your support this week… as always appreciated.

On with the show…

The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1980 Part One – Christopher Cross, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Queen

William Price King with The Duets – #1980s – 1980 – Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes – Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer, Peaches & Herb – I Pledge My Love

Summer Music Festival 2024.. The Big Band Sound – Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Syd Lawrence Orchestra

Malcolm Allen Entertains – Psychic Convention and Google Searches

Sam, A Shaggy Dog Story Rewind – Chapter Eight – Human Language Lessons by Sally Cronin

Smorgasbord Health 2024 with Sally Cronin and Carol Taylor – Cook from Scratch to prevent nutritional deficiency – Vitamin A – Carrots, Liver, Apricots, Trout. Eggs, Frittata

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Smorgasbord Health Column – A-Z Family Health – #Gallbladder and #Gallstones by Sally Cronin

Smorgasbord Pet Health – Hip Dysplasia – A good reason to meet your puppy’s family by Sally Cronin.

#Supernatural #Romance Mateo’s Woman by Sandra Cox

#Paranormal – The #Mystery of Folly’s End by Jaye Marie

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Crime Scenes and Blessings.

 

Thank you so much for your visits, comments, likes and shares and I hope you will enjoy the entertainment I have left for your this week… Forgive me if I don’t respond to your comments immediately… ♥

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – 24th – 30th July 2023 – Garden flowers, Big Band Era, Authenticity, Podcast, IBS, Recipes, Reviews and Funnies

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Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

I hope that you have enjoyed your week. I know that some of you are experiencing unseasonally cold weather for your summers and a lot more rain than expected.. whilst some are suffering horrendous wildfires and extreme heat. There seems to be no happy medium at the moment and I only hope that next week will improve whatever your situation.

On the home front.

My late spring flowers were passed their best so I have saved the bulbs for next spring and made a visit to our local garden centre to buy some bird seed and take advantage of their sale. I spent this morning tidying pots and adding the new plants and here they are… the larger flowers are Dahila Maxi and the smaller ones are Dianthus Car Oscar…  I will need to change a few more out over the next few weeks and will get a few more of these in different colours. They should see me through the rest of the summer especially as the roses are budding up again.

As always my thanks to my friends who contribute to the blog…

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era and the last part of the Leontyne Price series . You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ has moved to a summer schedule of every three weeks with her column and was here on Monday on Monday 7th August. Debby also shared some of her funny finds in the laughter column. On her own blog you can find a wonderful recap of the reviews she has received during the month for her own book Fifteen First Times and also her book review for the poignant book set in WWII by Paulette Mahurin The Girl from Huizen. Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be here on Wednesday 7th August with her next post in the Green Kitchen series.  Carol is on a well deserved mini-break with her family but left her usual informative and entertaining posts for us to enjoy, including her Monday Musings with a link to a delicious lemon drink recipe and a look at the Fish and Chip trade which is facing both rising energy costs and the rise in fish prices due to a number of reason. In Thursday Thoughts with a sobering forecast of where the mental and physical health of the population of the UK will be in the next two decades. Catch up with this post and the rest of the week Thursday Thoughts 27th July

Toni Pike was here on Wednesday with her series on Personal Power and this week, Authenticity and how to be your Authentic self.. Head over to check out Toni Pike’s Books

Many thanks to Malcolm for sharing his humour with us.

Malcolm Allen was here on Thursday with his unique brand of humour which never fails to raise a smile.

Thank you too for all the visits, comments and shares to your own social media.. ♥

On with the show….

The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin – 1940s – Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee, Donald O’Connor

William Price King Meets the Legends – #Opera – Leontyne Price – Part Four – The 1970s and Beyond

Personal Power – Authenticity and How To Be Authentic #healthyliving by Toni Pike

Tales from the Garden – The Last Summer Ball and the Winter Fairy – Part One by Sally Cronin

Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Part Two – Nutrients and strategies to manage the condition by Sally Cronin

Recipes that Pack a Punch – Breakfast and Dessert – Smoothies and Fresh Fruit Salad by Sally Cronin

#Shortstories #History #Romance – A Room in Blake’s Folly (Blake’s Folly Romance Book 1) by J. Arlene Culiner

Previous Reviews from 2022 – #Literary #Thriller – The Silent Brother by Simon Van der Velde

Previous Reviews from 2022 – #YA #Scifi – The Colony Series Book One – Subject A36 by Teri Polen

#Thriller – Darkness: SFV-1 Series – BOOK TWO by Terry Tyler

New Book on the Shelves – #Cultural #Spain Olive Leaf Tea: Time to Settle (New Life in Andalusia Book 3) by Sabina Ostrowska

Summer Book Fair 2023 – #Photography #Poetry #Flash M.J. Mallon, #Poetry #Shortstories Colleen Chesebro, #Africa #Poetry #Essays Robbie Cheadle

#Aging Carol Taylor, #Treeart Jennie Fitzkee, #Cycling Cheryl Oreglia, #Horror Olga Nunez Miret, #Cacti Cindy Knoke Posted on July 29, 2023

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Cat Judgement and Papal Dispensation 

Host Malcolm Allen – July 2023 – #Funnies Apples and Basements