Hodge Podge No. 4, RIP Dolores O'Riordan, and Recipes

odge podge, number four in a series.

My last hodge podge post, full of little tit bits, was back in July.


First, my ROW80 goals:

• enter handwritten edits to The Handful of Time (working title) and reread: first part, done! Now to start the reread
• query Druid's Moon: not done yet
• query The Charm of Time: started! I've got a draft query letter and synopsis
• keep editing Mystery at Bertram's Hotel (working title) on paper: done! Now to enter all these changes...
• back to school!: must do this week's homework!

Second, my 30 Things I Want To Do list.
I'm not going to update the list just yet, but I will note that of the bands I wanted to see, I had a chance to see The Divine Comedy last year, and have a chance to see Runrig this year, and I didn't attend last year and may not attend this year.
Is it bad to want to go back in time and see bands when they were touring the albums you loved? To not be as excited by their new songs?
I really wanted to see the Manic Street Preachers when they were touring my two favourite albums a couple of years ago, but that wasn't possible for different reasons (namely, new baby and new job). On the other hand, the Bluetones are touring their first couple of albums this year, and I'd really like to try to make it to one night!

I never saw the Cranberries live for mostly the same reasons. They came to a festival in Neuchatel last year, and I didn't go. Saddened to hear of the passing of Dolores O'Riordan. No Need to Argue is one of those albums I always go back to, with lyrics that have resonated for years.
I was trying to find an older post where I talked about this, the lyrics or tunes (or poems) that have stuck with you for years, but instead came across an old blogfest hosted by Alex: The Top Ten Countdown Music Blogfest! No Cranberries on my list, though I commented on another poster's list that "No Need to Argue is my favourite Cranberries album; so many of the songs still pop up randomly in my head, even when I haven't listened to it in a while". I'd share a video here, but I'm not sure that the videos currently up on YouTube will be around for long.


Instead of which, and third, I have some recipes!

From the Desserts and Drawings blog; links provided for each one, since the photos will be too small.

Cranberry pound cake

Cheesecake with cranberries

Finally, congratulations to all the authors who'll be published in the next IWSG anthology, Tick Tock: A Stitch in Crime !

Which song lyrics are stuck in your head?

Any good recipes to share?