Marilyn Gardner Woods
No "Sunshine on my Shoulders"...
Vincent Van Gogh, who experienced many tumultuous seasons as he created his radically idiosyncratic, emotionally evocative art,...
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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Books I’m reading even though my eyesight is temporarily cockeyed.
Six months between cataract surgeries (don’t ask) and I wear a contact on one eye during the day and read at night without the contact...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 5
- 3 min
"WHAT'S GALENTINE'S DAY? OH, IT'S ONLY THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR."
Never paid much attention to Galentine’s Day, although I adored Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope character on Parks and Recreation. Galentine’s...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Random reflection on a recent very cool road trip!
After multiple crunch time plane excursions, the idea of getting in an automobile and traveling north from San Diego had great appeal....
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Tune in to my Zoom Reading Hosted by Wild Roof Journal
Join me for this virtual reading hosted by Wild Roof Journal. I'll be reading along with other contributors to Issue 18. The reading will...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Is it just me or...
Indulging in one final guilty pleasure before beginning the trials of New-Year’s-Resolutions-eating, I opened the small brown bag...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 20, 2022
- 4 min
Really last minute shopping...
The invitation for the dreaded gift exchange stated unisex and at the bottom in barely perceptible font size, up to $100 limit. Yes, I am...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Love and Light
The season so far has been bittersweet. Joy and sorrow hand in hand as Christmas approaches. A good friend loses her husband. Another...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
A Wild Turkey happening...
When the front door of my daughter’s home in Valley Center opened, I froze. The sight of her face—a blackish-purple swollen...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
The shadow knows...
Somehow with the time change, it seems the shadows are longer. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
A bit early...
But here comes my Manzanita Christmas tree from the ranch thanks to my next-door son!
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Autumn on the Appalachian Trail...
This Texas girl turned Southern Californian experienced an Autumn to remember days ago on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. My...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
HALLOWEEN IN THE LAND OF OZ
From the top shelf in the auto department of Ace Hardware, I pulled a shiny aluminum funnel, the kind for they use at Serrato’s Auto in...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 9, 2022
- 3 min
On first impression...
Connie and I sat next to each other, both with coffee in hand, just before the workshop on writing articles for magazines started at ten...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
A*U*T*U*M*N arrives...
Bookended by Labor Day and the holiday season, Autumn is here. The Turning of the season, although we scarcely notice in Southern...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
Let 'em eat fish...
I have been called a persnickety eater. Certainly, I'm an unadventurous diner. Not likely to dive into unfamiliar dishes. Especially...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
Lessons learned. A hard way...
Three minutes, at most. I pulled into the designated dry cleaners parking spot fifteen feet away from the establishment in the Trader...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 19, 2022
- 4 min
Perhaps the most magic time of day...
We were together at twilight time. As we strolled, holding hands after Cadillac margaritas and carne asada fajitas at our neighborhood...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
and the livin' is easy...
My friend Bess spoke wistfully the other day saying “I wish there were more days in July…” As the month ends and August approaches, that...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
Number Fifty-six...
One day recently, I spent more time in my kitchen than I have collectively over the last six years. It began around my birthday in May....
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