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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: Humor
Off the Wheel.
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
Posted in Blog, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged blog, finding your groove, procrastination, writing, writing a book
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It’s a Tribal Thing… Winning point Books.
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
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, Parenting, travel
Tagged Books, Kindle, reading, Sherman Alexie
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The Middle, Soundbites From The UN
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
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens
Tagged blog, China, Denmark, exchange students, Food, International relations, Math, Snow
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The Middle: Head To Your First Period Class!
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
Om, Om, Omygod! (Or, one crazy day on the mat!)
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
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged Google, Humor, melanoma, Musings, Om, sexy, Yoga
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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
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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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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
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Come Fly with Me.
I’ve been traveling all day, from my original home in the Boston area, back to my current and forever home in the Seattle area. It is about a 12 hour trip, or more, with drives to each airport (rental cars … Continue reading


