Tag Archives: aging

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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Pathos, yearning and joy… in The Zone.

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Calling this trip a mid-life crisis seems very optimistic to me. A friend asked if that’s what this was, and I didn’t really know how to answer. At 48, that would mean that I’m guaranteed 96 years, and I’m not … Continue reading →

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Blink

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Today, I was talking to a friend about the fact that we both have our 30th high school reunions this year.  My class has put together a Facebook page, where we are all reconnecting.  Frankly, some of us were never … Continue reading →

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