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A very wise therapist told me to write about my father… for Mother’s Day. The fact I’ve thought about it nearly every day for weeks, but have not been able to put words to page, until now… probably means she’s … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 9, 2017 by Dawn Quyle Landau | 37 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

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 →