Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives 2025 -#Memoir #Waterford #Ireland #History – The Colour of LifeWork on a Timber Gang – 1942 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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And he enjoyed it! Sitting on the stump. . . the aromas. How memorable.

An hour later: 559 pages of Leora's Letters. Amazed and humbled.

Leora's Letters was published on this date in 2019.

Maybe two people are reading it with their KENP account--314 pages just today. (Last Monday they read 320 pages of it.) The story of the Wilson family during the War isn't forgotten!

Let God Nurture Your Dream - Mitch Teemley The death of a dream can be a form of idolatry. We lose faith in God who gave us the dream and settle for a smaller one. Nurture your dream.

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Views of the Neighborhood – Potpourri Today we have nothing specific to look at so we will cruise the neighborhood to see what is going on. Hopefully we can catch sight of Thanksgiving decorations. We are catered by Joe’s Bakery …

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We're entertained easily, aren't we, John!

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up 17th – 23rd November 2025 – Blog series 2026, Big Band Era, Movie Themes, Fire Safety, Water Chestnuts, Ireland 1930s, Christmas Book Fair, Book Reviews, Funn... Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord…and a few extras. I hope your week has gone well.. we have had the first of the very cold weather this winter b…

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What a delightful week!

It's Goodbye Autumn and Hello Fall! - Mitch Teemley Why does this season have two names? Dictionaries devote multiple paragraphs to the answer. But I can do it in two pictures.

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Simple Pleasures: Reading & Eating: Size Always Matters by Sally Cronin and a Recipe Hi everyone, its Robbie Cheadle here with my first post in a new series called Simple Pleasures: Reading & Eating. This series comprises a book review combined with a recipe which could be anyt…

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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News Today’s story comes from the Good News Network Seal Flops onto Photographer’s Boat to Escape Hunting Orca Pod–She Captured it All on Camera By Andy Corbley -Nov 20, 2025   An expe…

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Where We Walked – Elan Valley #walks #photographs #memories #books After weeks of what seems to have been constant rain, we embarked on a couple of days away, determined to walk, whatever the weather. We headed for Mid Wales. We were lucky: the clouds parted, the …

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Call-and-Response: La Concierge! I got such a kick out of this photograph of a concierge in Paris on the Equinoxio blog, I just had to respond with a photograph of my own. I encourage you to check out the post I’m responding…

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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News Today’s story comes from the Good News Network Seal Flops onto Photographer’s Boat to Escape Hunting Orca Pod–She Captured it All on Camera By Andy Corbley -Nov 20, 2025   An expe…

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Sisters visit The Freedom Rock® Sisters Darlene (Wilson) Scar and Doris (Wilson) Neal at the original Freedom Rock® south of Interstate 80, between Menlo and Greenfield, Iowa, November 21, 2009. They’d be so pleased to know…

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Thanks. This was Iowa this morning!

Jeff Bailey recommends Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression (Leora’s Stories) Leora's Dexter Stories by Joy Neal Kidney was wonderful. I could almost hear my parents and grandparents telling the same kind of stories when I was a kid. They always seem more real when the stories...

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Readers' favorite Leora book!

Jeff Bailey recommends Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression (Leora’s Stories) Leora's Dexter Stories by Joy Neal Kidney was wonderful. I could almost hear my parents and grandparents telling the same kind of stories when I was a kid. They always seem more real when the stories...

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This is readers' favorite of the Leora stories!

Fog is the best for a mesmerizing morning mosey.

Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste Outside. "Twiggy. Look at all these delicious leaves." "Oh no. Tempeste, you leave them alone." "I'll leave them alone. Alone with me in my mouth." "You are going to get in so much trouble." "Who's going to know? Unless you tell." "I'm not going to tell, but you know those aren't good for you." "Not good for me? Well, I think otherwise."

Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste Outside.

"Twiggy. Look at all these delicious leaves." "Oh no. Tempeste, you leave them alone." "I'll leave them alone. Alone with me in my mouth." "You are going to get in so much trouble." "Who's going to know? Unless you tell." "I'm not going…

Writer’s Tips November -A.I. Copyright Lawsuit, Image Sourcing, #Publishing on Draft 2 Digital, #Writing Secondary Characters, #Copyright Trolls Welcome to November’s best curated Writer’s Tips. In this edition, the Kindlepreneur shares info about an AI lawsuit case and the importance of copyright, Hugh Roberts shares some free …

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Those Neal Cousins Kenneth and Ruby Neal had fourteen grandchildren. Twelve of us are still living, most of us in Iowa. Several have been school teachers, a couple of insurance men, only three farmed. Mostly retired …

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Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II (Leora's Stories) Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II (Leora's Stories) [Kidney, Joy Neal, Grunder, Robin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II (Leora's Stories)

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Five brothers served. Only two came home. True story.

November Pace… & Book Review of “Behind Closed Doors” by Robbie Cheadle “Always remember When studying the outside Of anything in life That it may be misleading And tell agreeable lies” – Robbie Cheadle, Behind Closed Doors (Trust)   ⛅ Nov…

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Simple Pleasures: Reading & Eating: Size Always Matters by Sally Cronin and a Recipe Hi everyone, its Robbie Cheadle here with my first post in a new series called Simple Pleasures: Reading & Eating. This series comprises a book review combined with a recipe which could be anyt…

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The new series sounds terrific, and what a great book and recipe to begin with!

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Cookery Column with Carol Taylor – And these are? Water Chestnuts Over the next alternate Wednesdays I will be sharing a series we originally ran back in 2018, and with many more visitors to the blog now and fans of Carol’s food posts, we thought you might …

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Rage Against the Machine I was chatting to my friends Steve and Wendy yesterday. Write about ‘Rage against the machine,’ said Steve. I know that was the name of some American rock band… In the late eighteenth century new t…

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