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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

Bite Me, Universe!

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: This is the only pictures for this one. When you’re totally in the moment, you don’t think to take photos. You don’t document each scene; it’s all there in your mind. Use your imagination to come along this time. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Car trips, Daily Observations, Death, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, Natural beauty, Nature, Parenting, road trip, Women's issues | Tagged Comfort Care, dying, end of life, hospice, Huntington's Disease, mothers, music | 20 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 →

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Posted in 9/11, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Musings, My world, Parenting | Tagged 9/11, aging, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, grief, Howie Day, Jim Croce, lyrics/singing, Michael Jackson, music, Musings, Peter Gabriel, Peter Paul & Mary, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Talking Heads, the Cure | 15 Comments

Playlist to a reunion, just for the fun of it.

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Don’t bother if you’re not a music person… but this is the playlist for my 30th high school reunion. There are so many songs I left off, so many more I could have put on here, but it touches on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Daily Observations, Musings, My world | Tagged 70s music, 80s music, Class reunion, music, playlists | 5 Comments

Get me to the plastic surgeon!

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dawn Quyle Landau

Note: Ok, yes, there are two posts today. My mind is swirling and writing is the way to clear that… So, it’s your choice: Read both, read one, don’t read any… but you are reading this, so read on. The … Continue reading →