Victory
Layer By Layer GO! – Episode 14
📅 Released: September 7, 2025
🎙️ Host: Don
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This week on Layer By Layer GO! we celebrate big and small wins with a simple message: Victory is possible. Don shares the short version of his New Age / Orchard / Sony story, flips the spotlight to your everyday victories, cooks up a hearty autumn casserole, debuts the brand-new Rockvale Wheel, and wraps with a songwriter drill inside The Pen Den. Between episodes, catch the daily Flight Plans and Music Trivia reels for quick, fun hits of inspiration.
🕐 Timestamps
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:32 – My Story: The Sony/Orchard Battle
- 02:57 – Universal Victory + Journaling Prompt
- 03:48 – Kitchen Victory: Autumn Comfort Food
- 05:23 – Introducing: Spin the Rockvale Wheel
- 08:15 – Today in Chart History
- 09:15 – The Pen Den (Songwriter Lesson)
- 10:11 – Outro
🍽 Recipe: Roasted Chicken Legs with Acorn Squash & Tomato Casserole
Why it’s a victory: humble ingredients, big autumn flavor. Chicken legs roast crisp over a bed of acorn squash, tomatoes, mushrooms, chickpeas, and garlic—simple, hearty, satisfying.
📝 Ingredients (serves 4)
- 4 chicken legs (skin-on)
- 1 acorn squash, halved, seeded, cut into wedges
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes (or 3 plum tomatoes, chopped)
- 8 oz cremini mushrooms, halved
- 1 can chickpeas, drained & rinsed
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp thyme, 1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
- Salt & pepper; chopped parsley for garnish
👨🍳 Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Toss squash, tomatoes, mushrooms, chickpeas, and garlic with oil, paprika, thyme, cinnamon, salt, and pepper. Spread in a large baking dish.
- Pat chicken dry; season with salt & pepper. Place on top of veggies.
- Roast 40–45 minutes, until chicken skin is crisp and veggies are caramelized.
- Garnish with parsley and serve hot.
🎡 Spin the Rockvale Wheel
Each week we spin the Rockvale Wheel—loaded with songs from Don’s catalog—and feature the track where it lands. Want a specific tune on the wheel? Browse the Music Vault and send your request.
🎵 Today in Chart History
Queen’s victory anthem We Are the Champions gets a nod—plus a fun tie to early September via the band’s Works Tour era. Sometimes the calendar lines up and makes us look like champion scriptwriters.
✍️ The Pen Den (Songwriter Lesson)
Victory in the Rewrite: take one unfinished song and write three alternate versions of the chorus. Don’t judge—just write. One might be your hidden win. Keep your Layer By Layer GO! Journal handy and get it on paper.
☕ Support the Show
If you enjoyed this episode and want to help fuel the next one, you can Buy Me a Coffee. U.S. listeners — tip $25 or more and get a free CD copy of A World Of Our Own.
📓 Companion Journal
Stay consistent with daily prompts and persistence planning — grab the Layer By Layer GO! Journal.
🔗 Quick Links
- 🎵 Explore the Music Vault – Click here
- 🍽 More Recipes – Click here
🎧 Listen to the Episode
Click here to listen to Episode 14: Victory