Category Archives: Musings

Extra! Extra! Passive Aggressive Control Freak Surrenders… and Survives to Celebrate It.

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

POW! KAPLOOEY! BAM! Holy transformation Batman; she’s accepting help! What next? Well folks, it was bound to happen. Or, maybe it wasn’t bound to just happen, and I can actually take some credit for working really hard at this and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Daily Observations, Ego, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Awareness, Control freak, Death, Detachment, Grace, Kindness, loss, love, perfectionism, personal change, writing | 6 Comments

The Middle….These are a Few of My Favorite Things

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Move over Oprah! Oh, right she did move over… right off into the sunset. No ridiculously over the top show this year with all her “Favorite Things.” So, here are a few of MY favorite things. This is the brief … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, Wonderful Things, Yee haw | Tagged Christmas cactus, Cocktails, cool presents, Favorite things, Garrett's popcorn, gift ideas, Kiehl's, Mezzetta sauces, Oprah, Townsend Bay Soap Company | 12 Comments

Remembrances, Aspirations and a Crooked Tree… A Mashup

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

November 29th would have been my father’s 71st birthday. He was thirty-three years old when he died, thirty-eight years ago, so he’s now been dead several years longer than he lived. In my lifetime, those numbers are even more skewed: … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world | Tagged Adele, Arcade Fire, Aspirations, Bing Crosby, blog, Christmas, Christmas trees, Death, Dying parents, family, fathers, getting published, Glee, Hanukkah, Jim Croce, mashups, music, parenting, Remembrances, the Cure, the Holidays, writing | 3 Comments

Oh my! It’s the Liebster Blog Awards!

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: I take it back; I’m posting again. I got this amazing nomination yesterday for the Liebster Award. Part of the nomination includes posting the awards on your own blog site. So, I am passing along some good stuff here, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, My world | Tagged blog, bloggers, find other bloggers, Humor, Liebster Award | 6 Comments

Thanksgiving at the U.N.

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note to new readers: Our family has taken in two (yes, we are that crazy) exchange students for the entire school year. There was no preparation and it has been an adventure from day one (read the first post). China is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Teens, The U.N., Writing | Tagged blog, Canada, China, cream puffs, Denmark, dying, eating too much, end of life, exchange students, gravy, holiday food, Holidays, hospice, International Thanksgiving, Israel, Musings, Parent's death, sweet potatoes, Teens, Thanksgiving, The U.N., turkey, US | 5 Comments

Whose Nest is Empty Anyway?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Warning: This may not be palatable for certain college age offspring, of say, mine. While not intended to be a lecture… it might have become one along the way. Read with caution, but know that I mean it. This year … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blog, Daily Observations, High School, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens | Tagged college age kids, college age kids returning home, empty nest, high school, Humor, life after kids, life after the kids leave, mothers, parenting, parenting roles, teen years, ungrateful, writing | 10 Comments

Fear, No Pictures.

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

I wanted to write a happy post today. I really did. I have procrastinated all morning. Watching old recordings on my DVR, bringing my free space to a respectable number again… trying to think of topics that work. However, the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Beauty, Death, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged aging parents, blog, Death, dying, grief, hospice, Huntington's Disease, letting go, loss, love, parents, writing | 9 Comments

The Middle… Words of Gratitude

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Recently I’ve found myself powerfully tuned in to the world around me. Colors are brighter (the foliage blows my mind daily!); music moves me more than usual; I notice people around me and see them with fresh eyes. There are … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged children, Death, grateful, Gratitude, letting go, Musings, taking stock, Thanks, writing | 12 Comments

The Middle… Don’t call me Martha.

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Today I ran into The Gap to quickly return something. One of the girls who works there, who I’ve gotten to know (yes, that often), and I were talking about some of the left over Halloween decorations in the store. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Teens, Women's issues | Tagged comparing ourselves to others, Martha, mothers, Musings, parenting, raising teens, Teens | 7 Comments

Bite Me, Universe!

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: This is the only pictures for this one. When you’re totally in the moment, you don’t think to take photos. You don’t document each scene; it’s all there in your mind. Use your imagination to come along this time. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Car trips, Daily Observations, Death, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, Natural beauty, Nature, Parenting, road trip, Women's issues | Tagged Comfort Care, dying, end of life, hospice, Huntington's Disease, mothers, music | 20 Comments

Category Archives: Musings

Extra! Extra! Passive Aggressive Control Freak Surrenders… and Survives to Celebrate It.

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The Middle….These are a Few of My Favorite Things

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Remembrances, Aspirations and a Crooked Tree… A Mashup

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Oh my! It’s the Liebster Blog Awards!

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Thanksgiving at the U.N.

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Whose Nest is Empty Anyway?

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Fear, No Pictures.

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The Middle… Words of Gratitude

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The Middle… Don’t call me Martha.

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Bite Me, Universe!

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