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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: travel
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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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
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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Ode in photos to lots of dead animals and tourism: cowboy style
Oh Jackson Hole, how we’ve enjoyed your unique style and offerings. Today, it was Little Man’s day to choose, so we let him lead the way. This meant we road the alpine slide (and mom, kicked ass; beat the boys … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful places, Humor, Parenting, road trip, travel
Tagged car trip, fly fishing, Jackson Hole, road trips, summer vacations, taxidermy
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This tale ends with a stinky boy
WARNING: not suitable for spouses or offspring. You have been warned. It’s hard to really express what the past couple of days has been like without potentially hurting feelings. However, as I’ve said: it’s my blog. It’s not that I … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, road trip, travel, Women's issues
Tagged parenting, road trips, summer vacation, travel
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The joy of the saddle and Buckle Bunnies
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and my free wheeling; do what I want, when I want; eat from my car; devil may care days have come to a distinct end. Picked up Hubby at the Jackson … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful places, Humor, road trip, travel, Yee haw
Tagged Adventure, Buckle Bunnies, cowboys, horseback riding, Humor, road trip, Tetons
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On the road with Siyona Yona and Dawn
Well, THIS was the longest day yet! As agreed, I picked up my road buddy, Russ (AKA: Siyona Yona- Hello Bear, in Cherokee) as promised at 9:30 AM, and just got in at 9:30 PM. I stopped at the bakery … Continue reading
Posted in Beautiful places, Humor, road trip, summer vacation, travel
Tagged bears, guru, Old Faithful, road trip, self-exploration, solitude, summer vacation
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A couple of wrong turns can make all the difference.
All day certain phrases and emotions were swirling around in my head, and one of them was “one wrong turn.” I set out this morning from my dumpy little hotel in Cody, with the intention of driving to Cooke City, … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, road trip, travel
Tagged Beartooth highway, road trip, twilight, wrong turns
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I ate his balls for dinner… and other thoughts from a single table.
I have never minded dining alone. Strangely it is one of the things that most people ask about this trip, wondering how it is to eat alone each meal or how I manage it. At home, I eat lunch out … Continue reading
Posted in Honest observations on many things, Humor, road trip, travel, Women's issues, Yee haw
Tagged Cody, road trips, rocky mountain oysters, single dining
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