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 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 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 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 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 WoodsMay 22, 20212 min"The lusty month of May..."A new year begins for me each May. And the Matilija Poppies bloom. My life began in May just about forever ago. While many around me mope...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMay 14, 20212 minModern Day MasterThe need to convey the power of art returned to me a few days ago when I returned to what had been my home away from home for twenty...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 20, 20212 minCelebrate Women's History Month with Art!Update: The virtual tour was fabulous, made even more special by the appearance of both Anne Mudge and Marianela de la Hoz. Both artists...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsFeb 22, 20212 minJoin us! "Built by Women" Virtual Tour at the San Diego Museum of Art (March 6)You are invited to the premiere of The San Diego Museum of Art’s “Built by Women” virtual tour. Channel your inner Rosie the Riveter and...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsFeb 13, 20212 minFor my story-telling loving friends..."Sweet and Sour" Yep, that's what I wrote about. The submission instructions - unpublished fiction or nonfiction narratives based loosely...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsNov 26, 20201 minInspired by art...Another writing effort put out there in the pandemic... Each year, San Diego Writers Ink publishes an anthology of curated works. A...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsNov 16, 20203 minA last moment with a master...I have spent twenty years talking about extraordinary works of art at The San Diego Museum of Art. The last time was eight months ago on...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsAug 25, 20205 minReading and writing...no 'rithmetic.I devoured my book club’s recent selection, So Long, See You Tomorrow, an artistic novella which was described several years ago as “one...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsAug 12, 20207 minAround in circles...I find myself going around in quarantine circles, screen to screen to screen.ad With dizzying regularity. Like a pirouetting ballerina,...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsAug 2, 20203 minI did go to Longfellow Elementary...and as the creepy boys in sixth grade loved to chant, "She's not a poet, but her feet show it-they're longfellows." Was that bullying? I...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsJun 10, 20201 minHugely talented!Meet MB Hanrahan, a multi-talented artist who lives and creates in Ventura, California. According to the artist, who considers herself a...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsApr 30, 20202 minMy most favorite mask...With masks front and center for us all, the one on my bedpost, my Mojiganga Mask from San Miguel de Allende, makes me so darned happy....
Marilyn Gardner WoodsMar 12, 20191 minOur Drawing Salon Draws...Drawing Salon—such an old-fashioned name for our small group of art lovers, united through our volunteer work at the art museum. Calls to...
Marilyn Gardner WoodsFeb 14, 20192 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 WoodsJan 21, 201910 minBooks I Haven't ReadWithout turning a page, without reading a word, there are books on my library’s shelves that speak volumes to me. My bookshelves, full of...