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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: Honest observations on many things
Kick Me; I’m Down.
Warning: This post is not intended for younger viewers. Ok, I mean my kids. My kids: don’t read it, you wont agree with any of it. You’ll probably feel mis-quoted or call to tell me I got it all wrong. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues
Tagged Musings, parenting, self-esttem, Summer, Teens
9 Comments
Call Me Prissy, Butt…
(Note to reader: I sweat sarcasm. If it sounds like sarcasm, it is. Also, check out some of the links here, there are some kick ass articles about the sexualization of young girls and the history of underwear. I had … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged blog, Humor, media, Modesty, Musings, news, Sexuality, Teens, Thongs, Yoga
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Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda…
What a month it’s been, what a week! Ok, what an amazing summer, for me to take stalk, explore new roads (literally and figuratively) and to look at a lot of things with new eyes. Coming out of some dark, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, My world, Women's issues
Tagged blog, Freshly Pressed, Home, Musings, self, travel, WordPress, writing
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Ode to the Middle Man
Note: Strong sarcasm ahead. It is bred in me, and having just returned from the Boston area, where I grew up, it is on high gear right now. Also, while my kids have forbidden me to post their pictures or … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, Parenting, summer vacation, Women's issues
Tagged blog, challenges, college, family, Humor, Israel, Judaism, parenting, summer vacation
11 Comments
PS to Grass is greener…
You can be sure that I will not make three posts on any other day, however, I have gotten so many comments from the Freshly Pressed post, “The Grass is Always Greener on Someone Else’s Head…” I’ve heard from so … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Honest observations on many things, Musings
Tagged blogs, feedback, hair, reading, Red hair
2 Comments
Wicked good.
It’s hard to sum up the past few days. It occurred to me to write some quick line like: “The reunion was amazing, I can’t say anymore.” or “No comment.” or “Two days later, I think I’m still hung over.” … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful places, Beauty, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, travel
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Class reunion, Doritos, Scituate
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Friend me.
Life is funny. I waited a long time to get a Facebook account, and I’m still totally lame when it comes to working all the technology and keeping up with stuff that changes on line… But who knew that it … Continue reading
Posted in Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, travel, Yee haw
Tagged Aerosmith, class reunions, Depeche Mode, Facebook, high school, Musings, Plymouth, Scituate, social neworking, the Cure
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The Grass is Always Greener on Someone Else’s Head… or is it?
** Update: This was post was originally published in August 2011. I had been blogging for six weeks, and it was Freshly Pressed. I had no idea what that meant at the time, I didn’t even realize it had been … Continue reading



Thank you, merci, gratzi, спасибо, tak, תודה, gracias!
This is a brief post to thank you to Word Press for featuring my last post, “The Grass is Always Greener on Someone Else’s Head” in Fresh Pressed yesterday. I was totally stunned, completely surprised, dizzy with delight, thrilled. I … Continue reading →
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