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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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Category Archives: Awareness
The Middle: Dear Friend.
It’s been a very strange week. I was on a tear it up writing binger for most of November that came to a screeching halt a week ago today. A brief trip to the sun, where sunscreen and keyboards don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Life, Musings, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged aging, blogs, friends, friendship, musing, Tales from the Motherland, women, writing
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The Middle: Gratzi, Tak, Xie-xie, Mercí, Gracias, Dunca Shein, Thank You!
Like so may people, it is easy to get swept up in the little things that annoy me, or make me roll my eyes back into my head: the wet weather, keeping up with meals and household chores, dogs that … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, News, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, travel
Tagged children, exchange students, family, Gratitude, Israel, Musings, Palestine, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, Thanks, Thanksgiving
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Step Away From the Fritos™
Holy bags of greasy, sweet, fried, crunchy, salty, gassy, fattening, foods Batman! I am out of control and I’m not sure what the cure is. Self control? Nada. Exercise? Limited. Awareness? Enough to know I’m in trouble here. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, NaNoWriMo, News, Parenting, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Binge Eating, Fritos™, grief, Israel, Musings, NaNoWriMo, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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Livestrong or Die: It Is In Fact About The Bike.
Oh how I hate to spend time on this— and yet my brain keeps coming back to Lance. The endless media coverage and the news stories daily of his fall from grace have become exhausting. I have questioned over and … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Education, Ego, Life, Musings, My world, News, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Writing
Tagged Achievement, Cycling, Heroes, Lance Armstrong, news, Sports, Tales from the Motherland, Tour de France
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It’s No Shave November… Which Leads to The Dreaded Perv Stache
It’s No Shave November. What you say, you’ve never heard of No Shave November? Neither had I. As a matter of fact, when my 16 year old son, Little Man, told me that he was participating in NSN, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Activist, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Education, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, News, Women, Writing
Tagged Australia, bloggers, blogging, Causes, Men's Cancer, Mental Health, Movember, No Shave November, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Tales from the Motherland, Teen boys
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News Flash: It’s a Hot Flash.
Warning: Children and men, cover your ears. If you don’t, you may go blind. (Or maybe you’ll learn something and have compassion for some other woman). Prissy butts, you too. Don’t go all gossipy on me later, saying that this … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Election, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, NaNoWriMo, News, Personal change, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Hot flashes, Humor, news, Obama, Romney, Tales from the Motherland, The Election, Voting, women
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Raising a Feral Child, Surrounded By June Cleavers
I’ll start by telling you who June Cleaver is, because the fact that I used her name is a clue to just how old I am. Too old for parenting properly anymore, apparently, and old enough that when I say … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, NaNoWriMo, Parenting, Personal change, Teens, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged aging, June Cleaver, Martha Stewart, mothers, older kids, parenting, raising teens, Tales from the Motherland
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The Middle: This Is A Test, This Is Only a (dildo) Test…
Warning: Adult content. This is not even for all adults. If the title scared you, run now! This post is a test. Please ignore any words that seem out of (Breasts) character. This is only a test. Call me a … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Education, Freshly Pressed, getting published, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Humor, Huntington's Disease, Life, Musings, My world, News, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Writing
Tagged blogging, Blogging Stats, breasts, butts, Dildos, HDSA, Huntington's Disease, Musings, sex, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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Conceptual Baby.
Art has the power to do a lot of things. The right piece whispers, or yells, a message to society, while another hangs quietly on a wall. A single piece can move different people in different ways: one person’s masterpiece … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Personal change, Writing
Tagged Art, Canada, Canadian artists, Conceptual Art, Death of parent, loss, Robert Fones, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Vancouver BC
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