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Dawn Quyle Landau
Mother, Writer, treasure hunter, aging red head, and sushi lover. This is my view on life, "Straight up, with a twist––" because life is too short to be subtle! Featured blogger for Huffington Post, and followed on Twitter by LeBron James– for reasons beyond my comprehension.
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Author Archives: Dawn Quyle Landau
Cowboys, bison and grizzlies… oh my!
We are now packing for the upcoming road trip that we begin this week. Little Man is putting his gear together with his dad and I am updating my iPod . There will need to be lots of music (I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Mothers, Parenting, travel, Women's issues
Tagged Adventure, escaping, kids home for the summer, Kruger, Martha Stewart, perfectionism, pressure., sending kids to camp, Yellowstone
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Blink
Today, I was talking to a friend about the fact that we both have our 30th high school reunions this year. My class has put together a Facebook page, where we are all reconnecting. Frankly, some of us were never … Continue reading
Posted in Honest observations on many things, Parenting, Women's issues
Tagged aging, high school reunions, identity
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Some days are diamonds, some days are stone.
Summer seems to be finally here. Here in the Pacific Northwest, that means that it’s not as cold, not raining and we are all giddy for that alone. Officially, none of us really expect summer until after July 4th, which … Continue reading
Posted in Honest observations on many things, Parenting, Women's issues
Tagged ADHD, college age kids, running away, Summer, summer camps
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First post, Check. Crows and other nests.
Just setting up this Blog, is a major check on my “things to do list” (a bucket list item too) that is either on a yellow note pad (always present in my kitchen) or keeping me awake at night, bumping … Continue reading


