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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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Tag Archives: Musings
The Middle: The End of the World Bums Me Out
I’m trying not to let anxiety take over, what with only a few hours left to life on Earth… as I’ve known it. I am hoping that new theories are correct, and the Mayan predictions actually spoke to a cosmic … Continue reading
86 That! Hail Festivus!
I get that generation after generation has felt like I do: some of this newfangled stuff is just doodoo. So I’m an old lady. Bah! If you ever worked in a restaurant, which I did for nearly 15 years (from age 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, News, Parenting, Sarcasm, Writing
Tagged Cell phone etiquette, Cell phone usage, Cell phone usage in the car, fashion, Festivus, Musings, parenting, Seinfeld, Tales from the Motherland, Talking on cell phone in bathroom
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The Middle: Gratzi, Tak, Xie-xie, Mercí, Gracias, Dunca Shein, Thank You!
Like so may people, it is easy to get swept up in the little things that annoy me, or make me roll my eyes back into my head: the wet weather, keeping up with meals and household chores, dogs that … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, News, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, travel
Tagged children, exchange students, family, Gratitude, Israel, Musings, Palestine, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, Thanks, Thanksgiving
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Step Away From the Fritos™
Holy bags of greasy, sweet, fried, crunchy, salty, gassy, fattening, foods Batman! I am out of control and I’m not sure what the cure is. Self control? Nada. Exercise? Limited. Awareness? Enough to know I’m in trouble here. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, NaNoWriMo, News, Parenting, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Binge Eating, Fritos™, grief, Israel, Musings, NaNoWriMo, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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The Middle: This Is A Test, This Is Only a (dildo) Test…
Warning: Adult content. This is not even for all adults. If the title scared you, run now! This post is a test. Please ignore any words that seem out of (Breasts) character. This is only a test. Call me a … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Education, Freshly Pressed, getting published, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Humor, Huntington's Disease, Life, Musings, My world, News, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Writing
Tagged blogging, Blogging Stats, breasts, butts, Dildos, HDSA, Huntington's Disease, Musings, sex, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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The Middle: Famous Last Words.
It’s one thing to get the last word, but then there are famous last words. And you can quote me: I only need to get a couple of things at Costco– This is not possible; I’ve tried! There are no … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Writing
Tagged Costco, Famous last words, Musings, parenting, Quotes, Tales from the Motherland
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Hearts That Bleed
If there’s one thing I do appreciate about aging is the perspective that comes with time. Try as I might, I am forever noticing that there are things I still need to work on and areas that I wish would … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Personal change, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged aging, Bleeding Hearts, mothers, Musings, parenting, personal change, Social issues, Tales from the Motherland, women
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The Middle: One Hour of Therapy.
It’s been a time of lots of transition and life changes recently, and some days are harder than others… as many of you have read. That said, I want to thank many of you for the kind words and support … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Huntington's Disease, Life, Musings, Nature, Personal change, Writing
Tagged Beauty, HDSA, Huntington's Disease, Meditation, Musings, nature, self-awareness, Tales from the Motherland
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The Middle: If You’re Fu@#ing All The Time, You Must Be A…
A Fruit fly! Note: It’s the perfect time to bring this one back. I’ve updated some things; so be sure to watch the hilarious fruit fly sex tape! These little guys are driving me nuts right now, as they always … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Nature, Summer
Tagged Compost, Drosophilia melanogaster, Fruit flies, Fruit Fly, Fruit fly traps, Genetics, Humor, Insects and sex, Musings, Science and fruit flies, Tales from the Motherland
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