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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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This Is Your Brain on Drugs; This is My Brain on The Dining Room Table.
If you’re old enough, you remember those clever anti-drug commercials where a guy held up an egg, and said: “This is your brain.” (The idea, clearly, that your brain is a delicate thing held inside a fragile shell.) Then, showing … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Personal change, Sarcasm, Women's issues
Tagged challenges, change, Clutter, family, Humor, Musings, Organization, Psychology, sarcasm, Tales from the Motherland, women, Word Press
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Nursing My Broken Heart…
If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know I’m unstable. You would have predicted this post, and you can now gloat. It was inevitable. I am supposed to be shopping: enjoying a solo day in the city, time to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Inter-faith families, Israel, Jewish conversion, Judaism, Letting go of our children, loss, Musings, Orthodox Judaism, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, parenting, personal change, self-awareness, Tales from the Motherland
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If You Visit My House, And I Offer You Cheez Its… Pass
This is a brief, and I mean brief, detour from the current series of blog posts on our trip to Peru. I’ve missed writing about other things, and frankly the universe has been so busy f—ing me royally, that I … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Summer, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Challenge, Cheez Its, Depression, Eating, Musings, personal change, Tales from the Motherland, the Universe
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Machu, The Inca Dog…
This is part 4 of our Trip to Peru. If you missed the previous two post, go back now and read them… Go ahead, this will wait. When we left off, we had two hung-over “kids,” two parents who’d found … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, summer vacation, Teens, travel, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Aguas Calientes, blogs, Dogs, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Musings, Personal challenges, Peru, Tales from the Motherland, travel, Trekking
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The Middle… Spring, Sprang, Sprung.
This weekend, spring sprang here in the Pacific Northwest. No doubt, it’s warmer and sunnier other places, but no one was complaining here. We don’t have a sparkling record in that (sun) department; but then it doesn’t rain nearly as … Continue reading
The Middle… Just Shoot Me.
For years I’ve been saying to my kids: If I ever ________, just shoot me. They have teased me for having said it to so many things. At one point Middle Man said to me, “There’s so many things you … Continue reading
How Do You Like Them Apples?
A big huge thank you to JeanDayFriday, who sent me the Good Apple Award, a WordPress award, in a tag-your-it post today. Jean’s got some hilarious stories to tell, so stop over and check her out. I am honored that … Continue reading
Understatements of the Quarter Century… Or, My Funny Valentine.
<– We are not that Valentine’s couple! This post could be called either of those two titles, because both so absolutely apply to the topic: my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, which is February 14, 2012. Yep, Valentine’s wedding; and not at … Continue reading
Tales From The Motherland has been awarded the Versatile Blogger Award!
Happy New Year and something to smile about: My blog was awarded the Versatile Blogger Award! I have Vivian Kirkland at Positive Parental Participation to thanks for that. Having checked out some of the other blogs that have won this, … Continue reading


