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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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And The Award Goes To…
“For most tired and Oscar’ed out, Dawn at Tales From the Motherland!” Roaring applause please, and hopefully I don’t stumble on my way up to accept my statue, as Jennifer Lawrence (in Silver Linings Play Book) did, when she went to … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, News, Tales From the Motherland, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Best Picture, Django Unchained, Effie Trinket, Life of Pi, Lincoln, nipples, Oscar party, Silver Linings Play book, Stacy Jaxx, Tales from the Motherland, The Oscars, Zero Dark Thirty
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It’s Good To Share, So I’m Sharing.
Originally posted on LifeRevelation:
http://newvision2012.weebly.com/-10-countries-with-female-soldiers.html I am traveling today. Which means I was up way before the sun, shaved, showered, downed some quick breakfast, loved on the Gang of 5, kissed Susie goodbye, checked seventy three times to insure I…
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things
Tagged inspiration, Kindness, LifeRevelations, Military, sharing, US Soldiers
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The Middle: Hail Moldova!
I had a post all ready for today, and then things took a turn… toward Moldova. And the Republic of Korea. As I’ve mentioned before, at Word Press, we get to obsess check out daily stats for each of our … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Blogging, blogs, Education, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, travel, Writing
Tagged blogging, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Word Press, writing
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Don’t Speak… His Name.
Since Friday when the horrific news of the Newtown, CT mass murder/shooting broke, the nation has been transfixed. It’s hard to go on line, turn on the TV, pass a news stand- do anything outside of taking a shower, without … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Death, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, News, Tales From the Motherland, Writing
Tagged Death, grief, Honoring the dead, Mass Killers, Medial, news, Newtown massacre, Sandy Hook Elementary, Social Action, Social Media, Tales from the Motherland, Victims
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The Middle: Sniffing Butts and Michelle Obama’s Affair (it’s all here)
Note: The highlighted words/phrases here take you to previous posts about that subject, or explanations of things discussed. Try it. That said, the links are not there to simply promote old posts. Most of you have either already checked these … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Education, Freshly Pressed, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, News, Obama, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, The U.N., Women, Writing
Tagged Blog Stats, blogging, blogs, Google, Humor, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Search Engines, Tags, Word Press, writing
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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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It’s The Dot, Dot, Dots… That Throw Me for a Loop
I went for a walk with a friend this week to get some exercise and catch up on each other’s lives. We were grateful for one of the potentially last sunny days: some cool, crisp fall weather. Leaves had fallen … Continue reading


