Marilyn Gardner WoodsMay 136 minYou Take my Breath Away...The stirring, captivating, and extraordinary music of Eva Cassidy floats through the air in my home as I write. I have listened to her...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMay 24 minA nine-day, one carry-on, five pounds added return to Texas. Yes, I ate the waffle...“So what was the highlight of your Texas Trip this year,” my spirited longtime closest Texas friend asked as she edged her sleek black...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 311 minI could of had a snazzy new pair of earrings...How well I remember my father, a jovial long-legged athletic sort, pine away over his golf-game-bucket-list-item. Dad lusted after, not...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 181 minJoin me! San Diego Decameron Project Anthology Book Launch on March 21stJoin me at the San Diego Decameron Project Anthology Book Launch on Monday, March 21st at 6:30 pm at the Central Library. Inspired by The...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 153 minOlive overdose...Via Zoom, Jan, my good Duplicate-bridge-playing-friend, said, “Can we take a break? I want a V-8.” We did. When we resumed, I heard the...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 22 minForever and a pandemic ago...Can it be possible that the seemingly endless scourge that has gripped our lives for more than two years is finally surrendering to...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsFeb 243 min"Possibilities of a new season..."Just as the urge to gather pinecones and sip hot chocolate comes over me each autumn, an overwhelming compulsion to get my hands dirty...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsFeb 72 minValentine's Day Whimsy from artist, Beatrice WoodOne of my favorite works of art in The San Diego Museum of Art is a brilliantly hued turquoise green plate with an eye-catching...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsJan 205 minScissors, screwdrivers, and sexGeez. I still smell like I spent the night with an unwashed mechanic…oily and garage-like. Stridently attacking my Five Lists 2022, ...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsJan 104 minWelcome to 2022 ya'll! I am an incurable list maker—never more in my sweet spot than at the beginning of the New Year when it’s time to write resolutions....
Marilyn Gardner WoodsDec 23, 20211 minShare your gifts...I lost a close friend this holiday season. Unexpected. Unthinkable. Devastating. Another dear friend left some time ago, moving to Maine....
Marilyn Gardner WoodsDec 17, 20212 minOh Christmas tree...Way back before the twenty-first century began, in 1999, there was an extraordinary garden store in Santa Barbara, Smith & Hawken, where...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsDec 2, 20213 minIs it only me?Lost in translation in a QR Code nation. Weird sensation Increasing presence in my everyday life of a two-dimensional square made up of...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsNov 22, 20211 minBeavers, balloons, or bicycles - do it now!"There are a lot of words meaning thanks. Some you can only whisper. Others you can only sing. The pewee whistles instead. The snake...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsNov 10, 20217 min"I'm fixin' to get into some trouble. You comin'?I know they consider me a foreigner… And maybe I am. In a way, they are too. Those Texas girls. I return to my stomping grounds there...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsOct 22, 20212 minIf you love the game of baseball...The Twin Bill published today, the first day of the 2021 World Series. So many great baseball stories! Especially moving, the poignant...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsOct 9, 20213 minGreen ice cream“Green.” My toddler, wearing pint-sized Tony Llama cowboy boots, uttered this one-word reply to “What kind of ice cream would you like?”...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsOct 5, 20211 minJoin me! Learn from Local Authors Memoir Panel on November 6Join me at the San Diego Memoir Writers Association where I'll be talking with a dynamic panel of local authors to discuss our process -...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsSep 27, 20216 minMoments apart. Footsteps away.Crossing the First Street Bridge one sunshine-filled day recently, I glanced west. The view of Point Loma and the sparkling waters of the...