Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – April 29th – May 5th 2024 – Hits 1970s, Iconic Duets, Life Lessons #Dating, #Cusine The Bahamas, Short Story, #Salt and #Health, Reviews, Star Bloggers

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

I was supposed to be on the high seas this morning, enjoying the sunshine on deck. However, having got up at 5.30 a.m… put the last couple of bags into the car, I got ready to head out at 6.00 a.m. David was out there and I pushed the remote to open the electronic gates and nothing happened.. David tried the opener by the front door and nothing either. So he ran over to open with manual key and I was finally off. Then he stopped me and told me one of my side lights was out. The headlights were working and the other lights so I decided to carry on.

I arrived at the port at 7.15 and checked in but decided to check all the lights again. I enlisted the driver in front of me and he confirmed that only my sidelights and indicators and brake lights were working but I had no headlights. I couldn’t risk driving in the UK for 250 miles, due rain today without headlights so I made the decision to back out of the queue, check out at the gate and drive home.

It is a bank holiday this weekend so getting it into a garage to thoroughly check the electrics is going to be a challenge. Hopefully I might get away by Wednesday but as that is looking doubtful, I may have to think about flying if I want to go this week.

I look upon events like these as an opportunity to consider some alternative theories…Three electrical faults that delayed or prevented me from travelling.. the gates that worked perfectly yesterday, the sidelight and then the headlights the final and most critical element. Perhaps something or someone didn’t want me travelling today by sea on on busy roads or just my overactive imagination!!

Anyway… I will keep you updated..I am very disappointed as I am looking forward to seeing my family, but hopefully we can sort it out quickly.

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. You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies was here on Monday with the next post in her her new series Life Lessons 101… this week Dating: Then and Now… You can catch up with her posts this week including an exploration of AI and its implications for writers and her Sunday Book Review Writing to be Understood: What Works and Why by Anne Janzer. D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor was here on Wednesday with the next of her A-Z  World Cuisines and this week The Bahamas. Head over to check out her own posts including a close look at the milk alternatives, particular nut and potatoes. As Carol points out there is also quite a lot of other ingredients, not necessarily as healthy, to make these ‘milks’ taste and have the texture you want to put on your cereal or in your tea. Also a celebration of the Dandelion, king of the garden according to the bees. CarolCooks2

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

On with the show…

The Breakfast Show Rewind with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1972 Part Two- Staple Singers, Al Green, Don McLean, America

William Price King with The Duet – #1970s – 1970 – The Carpenters – Close to You, Ike and Tina Turner – I Want to Take You Higher

This Year’s Focus – Cardiovascular Disease – The Circulatory System – Part Four – High Blood Pressure, Sodium and the Salt debate by Sally Cronin

Life Lessons 101 – Dating Now and Then by D.G. Kaye

A-Z…World Cuisine… Part 9 – The Bahamas – Souse and Peas n’ Rice by Carol Taylor

Smorgasbord Short Stories – Life’s Rich Tapestry – #Elephants – #Fantasy – The 1812 Overture – by Sally Cronin

Smorgasbord Book Review Round Up April 2024 – #Casinos #Thriller Cara Bertoia, #Africa #Thriller T.M. Clark, #Thriller #Suspense Mae Clair, #WWII #Italy #Romance Siobhan Daiko

New Series Author News and Reviews Memoir D.G. Kaye, #Life #Change Toni Pike, #Poetry Lauren Scott 

#Futuristic #Satire #America- Zero Sum Conclusion by Thomas Lopinski

Trio: Three Short Stories by Stevie Turner

#Potluck – Thursday Doors 16.11.23 : Colorful doors of Punjab by Smitha Vishwanath

#Life #Passportphotos- Two Things Happened – One Was Fire, The Other Rain by Cheryl Oreglia

#BookReview by Stuart Aken for Wolf Road, by Alice Roberts

 

Thanks so much for dropping in today and I hope you will join me next week…

40 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – April 29th – May 5th 2024 – Hits 1970s, Iconic Duets, Life Lessons #Dating, #Cusine The Bahamas, Short Story, #Salt and #Health, Reviews, Star Bloggers”

  3. Oh my goodness, just read that you did not get away! How disappointing for you. Everything comes in 3’s so lets hope you geet away soom.

    And no funnies this week to laugh about? Just funny things with garage doors and headlights?

    Enjoy your time and with any luck the rain will turn off!

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  4. So disappointing, Sally. Hopefully everything will fall into place eventually, but it does seem that it wasn’t meant to be this time. Catching up on all these brilliant links now. The TBR pile ever grows – some great holiday reading in between the walks on our next holiday. x

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  6. What a bummer about your trip. It does seem like life conspires to make things go wrong at the worst times. Much better not to make some bad luck into a story of disaster. Hopefully, it won’t be postponed for too long.

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  8. Sal, first of all, as always, thanks so much for the platform and all you do. And second, omg, I was dismayed to read your attempt to finally go to England was snafued. I know how forward you were looking to go. But I have to say, and you know me and the universe, that you are so right, you had plenty of signs not to go, then to turn back when you ventured out anyway. Maybe you should just fly, unless you have time to wait til Wednesday if they can fix your lights by Wednesday. And if I remember correctly, you just recently had your car all serviced. Didn’t they check the lights? Oye! ❤ xox

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  13. An excellent group of posts, Sally. I caught up on most of them. :-) I’m sorry your trip was postponed, but it sure does seem like the universe was telling you to delay. And I know it’s silly to say so, but those warnings do seem to happen in threes. So you’re done with them now. Happy Travels. ❤

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  15. Oh, I am so sorry that so many things went wrong at the last minute, Sally. I certainly understand your disappointment. Hopefully you will be able to catch a plane ASAP and get to see your family. They must be very disappointed as well. My best thoughts are with you. Hang in there. Hugs

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