Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up 21st – 27th August 2023 – Big Band Era, The Boss, Self Empowerment, Podcast, Book Reviews, Health, Recipes, Humour

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

A very quiet week on the home front…lots going on offline and we did have some sunshine.. Hope you all had a great week and thanks for dropping by today.

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

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Nat King Cole, John Scott Trotter, Bing Crosby and Bob Fosse..On Friday the last post in the series The Boss… Bruce Springsteen . William is back from his summer break at the end of the month. You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ will be here on Monday 28th August exploring our Spiritual awareness. This week Mercury Retrograde and its shenanigans in our lives  Debby also shared some funnies she had found for us on Thursday.. On her own blog Debby shares her Sunday Book Review for Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi – recounting about one little girl’s life from age six to fourteen, growing up in Tehran, Iran, whose world as she knew it was literally turned around over night in 1979 when the Shah was overthrown and the Islamic Revolution began. Earlier in the week a post on how some authors names are being attached to books written by AIs in an effort to sell them. Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be here on Wednesday 3oth August with her next post in the Green Kitchen series. .

On her own blog you will find Monday Musings on Climate Change and inplanted AI chips into human brains. In the series on World Cuisines, Carol explores the food and traditions of Haiti, On Saturday Snippets recipe for butter Buns, a concert for pot plants, the Burning Man Festival and the Gekko v the snake. Catch up with this post and the rest of the week Carol Taylor’s Weekly Round Up

Toni Pike wad here on Wednesday with the final post in her series on Personal Power and this week Self Awareness and our own opinions and feelings. It has been wonderful having Toni here for the last 3 months and I can’t thank her enough for letting me share her informative and helpful series. Please head over to follow Toni on her blog and also on social media and check out Toni Pike’s Books

Malcolm Allen was here on Tuesday 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 – Nat King Cole, John Scott Trotter and Bing Crosby, Bob Fosse

William Price King Meets the Legends – #Rock – The Boss Bruce Springsteen – Part Four – to the Present Day –

Personal Power – Your Own Opinions And Feelings #selfaware by Toni Pike

Podcast Rewind- Tales from the Irish Garden – Flight to the New Land by Sally Cronin

Recipes that Pack a Punch – Salads are not just for Summer by Sally Cronin

Coconut Water and Oil – Hydration and Cooking by Sally Cronin

Crime #Mystery – Her Broken Bones ( Opal Fields Book 2) by Fiona Tarr

Previous Reviews from 2022 – #Romance #Music – Flowers and Stone by Jan Sikes

New Book on the Shelves – #Shortstories Ten Stories That Worried My Mother by Winona Kent

– #Mystery #Murder Death by Cutting Table (Holly Swimsuit Mystery Book 4) by Susie Black

#Mystery #Humour – The Gatsby Game by Anne R. Allen

#Supernatural Adventure The Last Drive by John W. Howell

#FamilySaga – Sisters by Judith Barrow

#Poetry Robbie Cheadle, #Tyres Jacqueline Lambert, #Funnies Marcia Meara, #Reviews Jacquie Biggar, #Fires Cindy Knoke

Laughter Lines Extra – Host Malcolm Allen – August 2023 – Inconvenience and email deletion

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Passwords and More Bad Dad Jokes

 

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will join me again next week… Sally

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – 14th -20th August 2023 – Big Band Era, The Boss, Mushrooms, Gluten, Book Reviews, Book Excerpts, Bloggers, Humour

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

I hope wherever you are you have had a great week. We were graced with the presence of Storm Betty (I don’t know why they choose such benign names for such vicious visitations...)over the last two days with very high winds gusting at 130k per hour that knocked out power for many thousands people here in Ireland including us. The west coast, particularly Cork got it far worse with flooding devastating the county with streets in villages and towns awash with fast flowing water.

We were much luckier than many as we got the wind and rain but being rural the water was absorbed into the ground better. Our power went out at 3 a.m. according to the timings on equipment and we only got it back at 7 p.m. last night.

A day without internet is actually not dire, and as I schedule posts ahead the blog carried on as normal. We have two camping stoves as we have had a number of power outages of varying lengths over the last 7 years. Being rural with overhead cables and quite a few trees around, high winds play havoc.

I always have two or three days worth of batch cooked vegetables and rice in the fridge and so easy to reheat with a tin of tuna thrown in and to make cups of coffee and tea during the day. I caught up on reading and managed to get my usual walks in once the rain stopped and the winds died down a little.

We are back to normal but our hearts go out to those now trying to salvage homes that were inundated by the water.

Nancy Klein invited me to share a poem on her eclectic blog and I chose one from Life is Like a Mosaic. A lovely showcase, thank you Nancy.

Head over to the post: Life’s Progression Poem

My thanks to Patricia Furstenberg who very kindly created a promo for Variety is the Spice of Life for me to use on social media.. a lovely thought.

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

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Harry James, Helen Forrest, Charlie Bennett and Dean Collins On Friday the third post in the icon series The Boss… Bruce Springsteen . William is back from his summer break at the end of the month. You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies​ was next be here on Monday 28th August exploring our Spiritual awareness.  Debby also shared some funnies she had found for us on Tuesday.. On her own blog Debby shares her recommendation for Debby Gies​ shares her Sunday Book Review for The Widow by Kaira Rouda...”This book kept me turning the pages in this clever political thriller, and despite so many nasty characters, I couldn’t stop reading!” Earlier in the week a post on customer service and a tip about not buying from external sellers on Amazon, particularly if you are trying to get a refund. Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be here on Wednesday 3oth August with her next post in the Green Kitchen series. . On her own blog on Monday Musings Food Swaps to ease the water shortages and reduce our carbon footprint,Around the world temperatures are rising how we can keep our homes and workplaces cool. In Thursday thoughts a look at contamination in our food and salmonella.. Romaine lettuce was contaminated in one instance because of a meat processing plant next door for exampl..Also an eye opener on Data Centres and their massive water consumption for cooling. And on Saturday Snippets rewind..some oven woes that were eventually sorted according to Carol’s weekly update, a recipe for fudge and some alternatives to use when making cakes.. and some vegan cheese. Catch up with this post and the rest of the week Carol Taylor’s Weekly Round Up

Toni Pike will be here on Wednesday with the final post in her series on Personal Power and this week Self Awareness and our own opinions and feelings. It has been wonderful having Toni here for the last 3 months and I can’t thank her enough for letting me share her informative and helpful series. Please head over to follow Toni on her blog and also on social media and check out Toni Pike’s Books

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 – Harry James with Helen Forrest, Charlie Barnet, Dean Collins

#Rock – The Boss Bruce Springsteen – Part Three – Born in the USA and the 1980s

Podcast Rewind- Tales from the Irish Garden – A Place of Sanctuary by Sally Cronin

Recipes that Pack a Punch – #Mushroom Soup and Mushroom Chilli Carbonara

Some interesting information about #Gluten and #Milk to consider by Sally Cronin

New Book on the Shelves – #Memoir #Travel – Volcanic Adventures in Tonga – Species Conservation on Tin Can Island by Ann Göth

#Family #Love #Horses #Wales Her Nanny’s Secret by Jan Baynham

Previous Reviews from 2022 – #WWII #Family – Leora’s Letters by Joy Neal Kidney

#Cancer – The Winding Road: A Journey of Survival by Miriam Hurdle

#Memoir – Fifteen First Times: Beginnings: A Collection of Indelible Firsts by D. G. Kaye

#Adventure #Children’s #YA – Gateway to Magic by Annabelle Franklin

#Psychological #Thriller Dead Dry Heart by Toni Pike

#Western – Redemption: The Further Adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer: 10th Anniversary Revised Edition by Andrew Joyce

Blogger Spotlight – 17th August 2023 – #RetroInventions Beetley Pete, #TerracottaWarriors Darlene Foster, #ChildrensReviews Robbie Cheadle, #Spiritual Stevie Turner, #Inspiration Harmony Kent, #8bookseries Jan Sikes

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Pure Bred and more Bad Dad Jokes

 

Thanks very much for dropping in today and I hope you will join me again next week.. stay safe..Sally ♥

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – July 31st – 6th August 2023 – Debbie Reynolds, The Boss, Fairy Stories, Podcast, IBS, Book reviews, Recipes and Funnies

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

Another week has flown by and cannot quite take it in that it is August already. There was meant to be sunshine this morning but I see it is pelting down outside at the moment… I better go and get out of my bikini lol and put on my anorak for my morning walk….

The new ‘Share and Excerpt’ series is off to a flying start with 25 participants already. So if you are planning on joining them with a 500 word excerpt from one of your books then you need to get it to me as soon as you can. This series is open to any authors who have been promoted on Smorgasbord previously… You can find all the details in the post below and also read some of the excerpts from this week in the links in the round up.

Find out how to participate: New Series – Share an Excerpt

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

William Price King joined me this week for the Big Band Era with Dooley Wilson, Glenn Miller and Debbie Reynolds. On Friday the start of a new series The Boss… Bruce Springsteen . William is on his usual summer break and due back at the end of the month. 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 will be here on Monday exploring our Spirit Guides. Debby also found some great memes for the funnies. On her own blog you can find her Sunday Book review. This week a short story Golden Hills by Jennifer Weiner. Earlier in the week Debby also asked how you pick your next book to read… out of what is probably a teetering pile in your TBR. Head over to …D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor will be here on Wednesday 9th August with her next post in the Green Kitchen series. On her own blog on Wednesday a look at Limes... Thursday Thoughts is a celebration of watermelon, and a recipe to pickle the rind…also a look at some of the predictions about where we might be in 30 years time with regard to our gardens and food produce.   In a rewind of Saturday Snippets Carol shares how to make Coconut Ice sweets…her home brewing experimentation and lychees. Catch up with this post and the rest of the week Carol Taylor’s Saturday Snippets

Toni Pike will be here on Thursday with her series on Personal Power and this week Happiness and how outside influences can make it harder to achieve. Head over to check out Toni Pike’s Books

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 – Dooley Wilson, Glenn Miller, Debbie Reynolds

William Price King Meets the Legends – #Rock – The Boss Bruce Springsteen – The Early Years

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

Recipes that Pack a Punch – Main Meal – Brown Rice Pilaf – Multi-Vitamin on a plate by Sally Cronin

Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Part Three – The Six Week Recovery Programme by Sally Cronin

Smorgasbord Blogger Spotlight – 4th August 2023 – #Story Pete Johnson, #Beauty Traci Kenworth, #Funnies Jill Dennison, #Reviews Patricia Furstenberg, #Powerscourt Darlene Foster, #Interview Judith Barrow, #Reviews D.Wallace Peach

Share an Excerpt from one of your published books #YA #Travel Amanda in France: Fire in the Cathedral (An Amanda Travels Adventure Book 9) by Darlene Foster

#PsychologicalThriller #Mystery – Redemption: A Father’s Fatal Decision by Gwen Plano

#Poetry #Short Stories – Variety is the Spice of Life: A Blend of Poetry and Prose by Sally Cronin

#Shortstories – Tales From the Hereafter by Ted Myers

Book Review Round Up July 2023 – #WWII #Netherlands Paulette Mahurin, #Dystopian Terry Tyler, #Travel #Greece Sally Jane Smith, #Fantasy #Thriller Dan Antion, #Shortstories #History #Romance J. Arlene Culiner

New Book on the Shelves – #Genealogy Growing a Top-Notch Family Tree: With Stories from its Branches by Nancy Blodgett Klein

New Book on the Shelves – #Poetry – Ever So Gently: A Collection of Poems by Lauren Scott

Summer Book Fair 2023 – #Memoir #Stroke Maureen Twomey, #Memoir #France Lindy Viandier, #Humour #Life #Shortstories Geoff Le Pard

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Parrots and Poodle Smarts

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Current Affairs and Inappropriately attired.

 

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will join me again next week..