• Dawn Quarles Blog

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    Welcome!

    On almost every conceivable topic one could find, from issues being discussed with fervor on the news, with disgust in the workplace or over dinner and cocktails with friends, I’ve probably had something to say about it, too.

    From death-with-dignity issues to police brutality to my constant obsession over getting older and fatter in my forties, there is no topic too scandalous or too delicate about which to form a thoughtful opinion.

    Plus, I’ve written a book or two I’d love for you check out. Simply put, I am super glad you’re here visiting with me. XO

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ALD, Hard Times

Well, we lived anxious and sad. We went to Richmond to see friends. I stayed often with our cousins the Bookers who lived on Clay street just opposite of Jefferson Davis, so I saw the Davis’ a good... [Read more]

ALD, Hide the silver, Alfred.

We had no hope and wrote to our friends in New York who set to work to find him in the Northern prisons. For four months we thought he must be dead and our home was very sad. In my absence in Richmond... [Read more]

Permission Slips

PC: Instagram @orhargil Washington, DC. 2009. I was accompanying around thirty high school government students to see the nation’s capital. We were boarding the subway from Alexandria on our way... [Read more]

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