Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Guest Post – Food Glorious Food and Favourite Aunts by Joy Lennick and Funnies from Eric Lennick Posted on August 18, 2021 by Smorgasbord – Variety is the Spice of Life. Today I am not just joined by one entertaining and witty member of the Lennick family but two. Joy is sharing […]
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Letter VIII G.I. Labor by G.P. Cox ou may notice in Smitty’s letters that he does not mention his rigorous training or even combat in his later ones. As a child I asked if I would ever catch him in one of the old news reels and he said that he surely doubted it. Read […]
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The Magic of Simple…#Fiction #FamilyHorror Saw this picture this morning and it really fascinated me. I know it’s probably not real, there is some jiggery pokey going on, but as I get older I like the unreal, or at least, what seems to be, so I will keep on looking for new and amazing things… Anyway, […]
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Smorgasbord Bookstore and Cafe – Weekly News – #Biography Mary Smith, #Historicalfiction Bette A. Stevens, #Dystopian #Thriller Terry Tyler Welcome to the weekly news sharing recent reviews for authors on the shelves. The Meet the Authors series is ending soon and I will return to the three update posts a week. The first author is […]
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Book Reviews by Mae Clair: The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous #psychologicalfiction Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid #literaryfiction #sagafiction Hello, and Happy Wednesday! I’m sharing two books today, but because the blurb for the second is especially long, I’m skipping blurbs and going straight to my reviews. These are both worthy pool/beach reads. Both […]
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Our American Stories Comes to Iowa Our Iowa Stories Our American Stories and WHO is hosting a live storytelling event on Wednesday July 14th in the Des Moines area. It will be a night of beautiful and inspiring stories from the great people of Iowa. The storytellers will be picked from our storytelling contest. The […]
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Starlings Like unwanted starlings with their harsh shrieking, messy droppings, roosting in stark branches– unwelcome, as the long, stark and unbidden years … Read more … ——————————————- Joy Neal Kidney, the oldest granddaughter of the book’s heroine, is the keeper of family letters, photos, clippings, and stories. Married to a Vietnam Air Force veteran, Joy […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Meet the Authors 2021 – #Contemporary Anne Goodwin, #Historical Joyce Hampton, #Family Saga Margaret Lindsay Holton Over the summer I will be updating author’s details in the Cafe and Bookstore and also sharing their bios, books and recent reviews with you in this series… Meet Anne Goodwin Anne Goodwin writes […]
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Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – New Book on the Shelves – #WWI – #Historical – Sheep On The Somme: A World War I Picture and Poetry Book by Frank Prem Delighted to share the news of the latest release from Frank Prem – Sheep On The Somme: A World War I Picture and Poetry […]
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by Anne R. Allen I’m always amazed at how many people I know — friends who would go out of their way to help me physically — cannot say one supportive thing about my writing. Some even ask for one of my books and then never mention it again. Others make fun of the fact […]
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