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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: Talking Heads
I want to thank so many of you for the kind words of support last week. Some of you saw my initial explanation (which I deleted) for my harsh story, some guessed from the comments, and others read the title. … Continue reading
Radio Free… Remember When?
Note: This post in my third contribution to the blog hop: Remember That Time… (this week:) The Radio. Emily and Ashley are hosting this summer ho down, check out the other posts at the bottom of any of their posts. … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Death of parent, Honest observations on many things, Life, Music, Musings, My world, Tales From the Motherland, Teenagers, Writing
Tagged Blog hop, Doobie Brothers, John Denver, Johnny Cash, music, Neil Diamond, New Order, Peter Gabriel, Radio, Tales from the Motherland, Talking Heads, the Cure, the Go Gos
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Ganstas, TMI and More, From The U.N.
Note to new readers: Our family took in two foreign exchange students this year. Denmark is a 17 yr old girl. China is a 16 yr old boy. The U.S. is our 15 yr old son (Little Man). Israel, when home, is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Car trips, Daily Observations, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, My world, Parenting, Sarcasm, Teens, The U.N., travel, Writing
Tagged blogs, China, Denmark, Humor, Los Angeles, parenting, potty mouths, sarcasm, Tales from the Motherland, Talking Heads, Teens, The U.N., writing
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Me, in the Chord of…
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
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
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