Monthly Archives: September 2011

Off the Wheel.

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Change is a tough thing. Or, maybe it isn’t for everyone? It is for me.  So the biggies can be truly brutal.  Picking new colors for the rooms of my house, took forever. Not a biggie in the biggie picture, … Continue reading →

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The Middle- My Jewish Identity Crisis

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

L’Shana Tovah!  It means (simply) Happy New Year, in Hebrew. Tonight at sundown marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and for me brings to focus the identity crisis I’ve been in for just over a year. … Continue reading →

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It’s a Tribal Thing… Winning point Books.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Last week, I was reading a book on my Kindle. That statement, in itself, seems all wrong to me: reading a BOOK on my Kindle. I don’t use my Kindle for all my reading, but I got it because I … Continue reading →

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Call Me Gay. Call Me a Fag.

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: I can’t sleep, I’m upset. After watching the news with my kids tonight, I needed to write this now, and not Friday. So, I will not post until Monday, despite what I wrote on The Middle, just 7 hour … Continue reading →

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The Middle, Soundbites From The UN

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note:   Even though I just posted yesterday, my goal is to post Mon, Wed. and  late Fri., from now on. Two longer ones and one short one on Wed. called The Middle.  I want to stick with that plan. … Continue reading →

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The Zen of going from Snarky to Bliss…

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Pinch me, but this looks like a good day!  Strangely, it didn’t start out that way, but it’s turned around in the blink of an eye (two hours to be specific). When my alarm went off at the unGodly hour … Continue reading →

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Ode to Birthdays Missed…

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

(September 16th) Today is my mother’s 68th Birthday.  She lives in a nursing home near me and is in the final, agonizing stages of Huntington’s Disease. When I called her, to wish her happy birthday, she was really happy.  She … Continue reading →

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The Middle: Head To Your First Period Class!

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note:  I’ve gotten numerous requests for more posts (a positive thing, and thanks to those who’ve asked), but I’ve been trying to figure out how to best make that happen and not lose my mojo here. As I’ve said before: … Continue reading →

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Me, in the Chord of…

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Play me a song, and I’ll sing it back for you. I remember songs, lyrics, tunes… they haunt me, chase me, comfort and exalt me, they define me.  As a little girl, I would sing the songs I heard on … Continue reading →

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Om, Om, Omygod! (Or, one crazy day on the mat!)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note:  Once again, I must warn my kids to not read this one. I just don’t think kids and their parents’ sexuality works. You’ll have the heebies for days!  Frankly, some of my friends shouldn’t read this. Maybe, only my … Continue reading →

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