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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 11h

Smorgasbord Health Column 2025 - The Obesity epidemic - Where in the Lifestyle can we Intervene? - 7- to 14 years old - healthy diet for brain function and hormones - Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/s...

Smorgasbord Health Column 2025 – The Obesity epidemic – Where in the Lifestyle can we Intervene? – 7- to 14 years old – healthy diet for brain function and hormones – Sally Cronin

In Part Four of this series I looked at how critical it is to get the diet right for the 7 – 14 age range for both boys and girls for their overall health and immune systems. I also suggested…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 1d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine - A-Z World Cuisines - Discovering the Cuisine of The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Switzerland…Traditional dishes and drinks with Carol Taylor smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines – Discovering the Cuisine of The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Switzerland…Traditional dishes and drinks with Carol Taylor

A small landlocked country, Luxembourg is the only remaining sovereign Grand Duchy… although known just as Luxembourg, it is a small, multicultural country in the heart of Europe…the cuisine is inf…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 2d

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight - #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes - Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/s...

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight – #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes – Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle

Delighted to share the news of the very timely release of Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle…on pre-order for November 1st. About the book Robbie’s cak…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 2d

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight - #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes - Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/s...

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight – #Christmas #Fondant #Recipes – Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle

Delighted to share the news of the very timely release of Something Fancy A Winter Wonderland Celebration Book One by Robbie Cheadle…on pre-order for November 1st. About the book Robbie’s cak…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 3d

Smorgasbord Music Column - William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes - Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King, Theme for I Walk The Line smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/s...

Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes – Can You Feel The Love Tonight – The Lion King, Theme for I Walk The Line

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. Can You Feel The Love Tonig…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 3d

Smorgasbord Short Stories - Tales from the Irish Garden - Autumn: All Hallows Eve - Part One by Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/s...

Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Autumn: All Hallows Eve – Part One 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 i…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 3d

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share - What's In a Name? - Zoe – Looking to the Future by Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – What’s In a Name? – Zoe – Looking to the Future 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…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 4d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Round Up - October 20th - 26th 2025 - Cat antics, Round Up Changes, Movie Themes, Big Band Era, VPNs, Winter soup, Short Stories, Book Reviews, Health Column, Humour smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Round Up – October 20th – 26th 2025 – Cat antics, Round Up Changes, Movie Themes, Big Band Era, VPNs, Winter soup, Short Stories, Book Reviews, Health Column, Humour

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed during the week, the blogger weekly and some extras. I hope you have had a lovely week… for some the summer is on its way and for others…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 4d

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 - #Memoir #Ireland 1930s – The Colour of Life 1936 – #Waterford -The Station by Geoff Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/s...

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 – #Memoir #Ireland 1930s – The Colour of Life 1936 – #Waterford -The Station by Geoff Cronin

My father-in-law, 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…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 5d

CarolCooks2…A-Z World Cuisines…Part 55…Discovering the Cuisine of Mauritius...Magic Bowl...Bol Renverse...Mauritian Coconut Pancakes... carolcooks2.com/2025/10/25/c...

CarolCooks2…A-Z World Cuisines…Part 55…Discovering the Cuisine of Mauritius…Magic Bowl…Bol Renverse…Mauritian Coconut Pancakes…

Mauritius is an island paradise in the Indian Ocean, located off the east coast of Africa. You’ll find a stunning landscape of soft sand beaches, mountains, tea plantations, waterfalls, forests and…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 7d

Smorgasbord Funnies 2025 - Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies - Texting Seniors and even more one liners smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/s...

Smorgasbord Funnies 2025 – Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Texting Seniors and even more one liners

As always some funnies foraged from the web from Debby Gies – D.G. Writes is where you will find an archive full of wonderful posts across several subjects including writing tips, social issu…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 9d

Smorgasbord Book Review - #Psychological #Crime The Guilty Party by Laura Lyndhurst smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/s...

Smorgasbord Book Review – #Psychological #Crime The Guilty Party by Laura Lyndhurst

Delighted to share my review for the latest release by Laura Lyndhurst… The Guilty Party. About the book THE PAST HAS A WAY OF CATCHING UP … Nothing exciting going on. Just a bunch of oldies …

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 9d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Music and Dance - The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin 1930s - Earl Burtnett and Cab Calloway smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Music and Dance – The Big Band Era with William Price King and Sally Cronin 1930s – Earl Burtnett and Cab Calloway

Welcome to the retro series of the music column where I am joined as always by Jazz singer and composer William Price King. We hope you will join us every Tuesday for some of the chart hits of the…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 10d

#BadMoonRising Gone But Not Forgotten by Iseult Murphy #IrishHorror #bookgiveaway teripolen.com/2025/10/18/b...

#BadMoonRising Gone But Not Forgotten by Iseult Murphy #IrishHorror #bookgiveaway

Today’s author has not one, not two, but three sweet fur babies that “help” her write. To celebrate the 10th anniversay of BMR she’s offering a very generous giveaway &#8211…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 10d

#BadMoonRising The Fantastic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Anthony D.P. Mann #mystery #audiodrama #giveaway teripolen.com/2025/10/19/b...

#BadMoonRising The Fantastic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring Anthony D.P. Mann #mystery #audiodrama #giveaway

This 10th anniversary is a year of firsts – poetry and now an audio drama which features today’s author as a performer! He chooses The Overlook Hotel over prom with Carrie for a humorou…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 10d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up - October 13th - 19th 2025 - Book Promotions and Reviews - Music Themes, Cuisine Lebanon, Children's Health, Short Stories, Ireland 1930s, Humour smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up – October 13th – 19th 2025 – Book Promotions and Reviews – Music Themes, Cuisine Lebanon, Children’s Health, Short Stories, Ireland 1930s, Humour

Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope your week has gone well… Here it has been unseasonally warm but winds are now stripping the trees of le…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 10d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine - Health and Safety - Safety & Awareness – Do You Understand How a VPN Works? What’s a VPN? by D. G. Kaye smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Health and Safety – Safety & Awareness – Do You Understand How a VPN Works? What’s a VPN? by D. G. Kaye

Welcome back to my Safety & Awareness series at Sally’s Smorgasbord. Today I’m going to talk about the many uses and reasons for using a VPN on your mobile devices and computer. Do You Understa…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 11d

Smorgasbord Short Stories - Tales from the Irish Garden - Summer: Chapter Twelve - The Storyteller to the Rescue by Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...

Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Irish Garden – Summer: Chapter Twelve – The Storyteller to the Rescue 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 i…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 11d

Smorgasbord Music Column - William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes - Up Where We Belong - Officer and A Gentleman, Think - The Blues Brothers smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/17/s...

Smorgasbord Music Column – William Price King and Iconic #Movie #Themes – Up Where We Belong – Officer and A Gentleman, Think – The Blues Brothers

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. Up Where We Belong – …

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 13d

Roberta Writes - Reblog: Bad Moon Rising post on Teri Polen’s blog #halloween #badmoonrising roberta-writes.com/2025/10/16/r...

Roberta Writes – Reblog: Bad Moon Rising post on Teri Polen’s blog #halloween #badmoonrising

#BadMoonRising Through the Nethergate by Roberta Eaton Cheadle #horror #historicalfiction #bookgiveaway Thank you to author, Teri Polen, for sharing this post about my book, Through the Nethergate,…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 14d

#BadMoonRising Moonlight and Magnolias: A Vampire Novel by Jessica Lindsey #vampires #paranormal #bookgiveaway teripolen.com/2025/10/15/b...

#BadMoonRising Moonlight and Magnolias: A Vampire Novel by Jessica Lindsey #vampires #paranormal #bookgiveaway

BMR Newcomer alert! Today’s author is also from KY (we met at an author event last month), and she’s here today with her debut novel. You might find her on a walkabout in a cemetery or …

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 14d

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines – Discovering Lebanese Cuisine…Traditional dishes and drinks with Carol Taylor... carolcooks2.com/2025/10/16/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – A-Z World Cuisines – Discovering Lebanese Cuisine…Traditional dishes and drinks with Carol Taylor…

Hello and welcome. Today, we will take you on a virtual tour of Lebanon’s delicious cuisine…This post was very kindly reshared by Sally of Smorgasbord Magazine…Thank you, Sally xx…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 14d

Smorgasbord Health Column 2025 - The Obesity epidemic - Where in the Lifestyle can we Intervene? - 2 to 7 years old - Activity - Sally Cronin smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...

Smorgasbord Health Column 2025 – The Obesity epidemic – Where in the Lifestyle can we Intervene? – 2 to 7 years old – Activity – Sally Cronin

In Part Two of this series I looked at diet from two to seven years old with the emphasis on developing a healthy immune system in a relatively short window of time. This week I look at declining …

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 14d

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight #Grief #Relationships #Strength - About the Real Stages of Grief: A Journey Through Loss by D.G. Kaye smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/s...

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight #Grief #Relationships #Strength – About the Real Stages of Grief: A Journey Through Loss by D.G. Kaye

Delighted to share the news of the latest release from my friend and collaborator D.G. Kaye, Debby Gies… About the Real Stages of Grief: A Journey Through Loss About the book The truth about…

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Carol Ann Taylor @carolcookstwo.bsky.social · 14d

#ThursdayDoors to an October Excerpt teagansbooks.com/2025/10/16/t...

#ThursdayDoors to an October Excerpt

Thursday, October 16, 2025 Hello, everyone. Today most of my doors are written, doors made of words. I invite you to open this door into the simpler world of my fantasy, “Dead of Winter.&#8…

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