Marilyn Gardner Woods
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
- 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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 7
- 2 min
Fifty thoughts I had while watching Elvis, the movie...
1. My father freaked out when he heard "All Shook Up" and saw the gyrations 2. So did I... 3. Couldn’t quite keep up with Baz...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 2
- 4 min
It's Star-spangled time...
I look forward to the Fourth of July celebration in my neighborhood at Fern’s impressive sweeping perch where all three of the major San...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Yep, art imitates life...
Who doesn’t love the Impressionists? Those light-filled, loosely brush-worked, fleeting-moments kind of rock star artists who together...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Longer days...more pages
Something kind of crazy happens to me when the lazy, hazy days of summer begin. I want to bury myself, not in the sand, but in a great...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 18
- 2 min
Still a bright light...
Today, I spent the morning cleaning and polishing my dining room chandelier. It’s industrial design featuring ninety-six crystalline...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 7
- 4 min
I'll have the regular...
David first introduced me to the plant based Beyond Burger four years ago. Having been a vegetarian for twenty years, I had gone...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 13
- 6 min
You 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 2
- 4 min
A 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 30
- 1 min
I 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Join me! San Diego Decameron Project Anthology Book Launch on March 21st
Join 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Olive 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Forever 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 24
- 3 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Valentine's Day Whimsy from artist, Beatrice Wood
One of my favorite works of art in The San Diego Museum of Art is a brilliantly hued turquoise green plate with an eye-catching...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 20
- 5 min
Scissors, screwdrivers, and sex
Geez. I still smell like I spent the night with an unwashed mechanic…oily and garage-like. Stridently attacking my Five Lists 2022, ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Welcome 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....
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 23, 2021
- 1 min
Share your gifts...
I lost a close friend this holiday season. Unexpected. Unthinkable. Devastating. Another dear friend left some time ago, moving to Maine....
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