Tag Archives: Death

Don’t Speak… His Name.

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Since Friday when the horrific news of the Newtown, CT mass murder/shooting broke, the nation has been transfixed. It’s hard to go on line, turn on the TV, pass a news stand- do anything outside of taking a shower, without … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Death, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, News, Tales From the Motherland, Writing | Tagged Death, grief, Honoring the dead, Mass Killers, Medial, news, Newtown massacre, Sandy Hook Elementary, Social Action, Social Media, Tales from the Motherland, Victims | 28 Comments

A Quick Bonus… Read Someone Else.

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

In my last post, Sometimes The Pressure of The Holly Isn’t So Jolly, I talked about loss around the holidays. The day before I posted that, when I only had a few edits to do to complete it, but was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daily Observations, Death, Life, Musings, Tales From the Motherland, Writing | Tagged blogs, Death, Hot Pink Underwear, loss, Tales from the Motherland, Writers, writing | 9 Comments

Into The Depths

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Sunday night we finally took my mother’s ashes out of my dining room cabinet, amidst the fine china and stemware she loved so much, and spread them in the waters around the San Juan Islands. This was her wish. My … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Writing | Tagged blogs, Death, death of a parent, family, grief, Humor, Huntington's Disease, Musings, Sailing, San Juan Islands, Tales from the Motherland | 19 Comments

The Middle: Of My Life… Optimistically Speaking. Farewell Davy.

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Today, as so often happens, I was planning to post on a particular idea for “The Middle,” when I heard that The Monkees’ Davy Jones had died. I’ll be honest here: I haven’t thought about Davy in a very long … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, Personal change, Writing | Tagged aging, Awareness, Davy Jones, Death, Tales from the Motherland, Teen Beat, The Monkees, Tiger Beat | 3 Comments

Sideways Moment, With Bono

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

I miss my Mom. It’s not that I didn’t expect that, to some extent… but I guess I’m more surprised by the hair trigger moments when that emotion seems to hit me, in varying degrees. It hadn’t occurred to me … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Musings, My world, Personal change, Women's issues, Writing | Tagged Bono, Death, death of a parent, grief, healing, Huntington's Disease, sarcasm, Skiing, U2, writing | 11 Comments

What Comes After? A “Stop, drop and Roll” approach to a New Year.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dawn Quyle Landau

There is only one thing for me to write about right now, but I’m not really sure what I think about that. I’m not sure what I feel, yet. Mainly, because I don’t actually know, what comes after. After years … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women's issues, Wonderful Things, Writing | Tagged Bat Mitzvah, Death, death of a parent, dying, grief, hospice, letting go, losing a mother, Mitzvahs, mother's death, moving on, New Years, New Years resolutions, orphans, Stop-drop-and roll, Tales from the Motherland | 14 Comments

Peace.

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

At 4:00 A.M., exactly, the nurse came into my mother’s room, again. I had a barely slept, tossing and turning, listening to Mom. I was dozing when she came in. I was frustrated to be disturbed again. Mom had begun … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world | Tagged comfort, Death, death of a parent, dying, grief, grieving, letting go, Life changes, loss, Norah Jones, Peter Gabriel, Tales from the Motherland, writing | 38 Comments

“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night…”

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end … Continue reading →

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Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Death, Death of parent, Dying, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues | Tagged Death, death of a parent, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, dying, Dylan Thomas, hospice, Huntington's Disease, letting go, losing your mother, loss, rage, suffering | 11 Comments

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

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

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A Quick Bonus… Read Someone Else.

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Into The Depths

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The Middle: Of My Life… Optimistically Speaking. Farewell Davy.

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Sideways Moment, With Bono

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What Comes After? A “Stop, drop and Roll” approach to a New Year.

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Peace.

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“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night…”

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

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Remembrances, Aspirations and a Crooked Tree… A Mashup

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