Category Archives: Parenting

The Zen of going from Snarky to Bliss…

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Pinch me, but this looks like a good day!  Strangely, it didn’t start out that way, but it’s turned around in the blink of an eye (two hours to be specific). When my alarm went off at the unGodly hour … Continue reading →

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Ode to Birthdays Missed…

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

(September 16th) Today is my mother’s 68th Birthday.  She lives in a nursing home near me and is in the final, agonizing stages of Huntington’s Disease. When I called her, to wish her happy birthday, she was really happy.  She … Continue reading →

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Me, in the Chord of…

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Play me a song, and I’ll sing it back for you. I remember songs, lyrics, tunes… they haunt me, chase me, comfort and exalt me, they define me.  As a little girl, I would sing the songs I heard on … Continue reading →

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Om, Om, Omygod! (Or, one crazy day on the mat!)

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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Kick Me; I’m Down.

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

 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 →

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Call Me Prissy, Butt…

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

 (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 →

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Fair is fair

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Every year, around the first of August, I start watching for the Northwest Washington Fair posters, that herald the arrival of one of my favorite summer traditions: a night at the fair grounds. Since moving here, we have only missed … Continue reading →

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Ode to the Middle Man

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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Come Fly with Me.

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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 →

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Thank you, merci, gratzi, спасибо, tak, תודה, gracias!

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

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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