Marilyn Gardner Woods
No need for rose-colored glasses...
I’ve been gone from Ventura County for almost thirty years but will never forget Ojai’s legendary Pink Moments there. The Shangri-La-ish...
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Author, Artist, Storyteller
LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
a blog by Marilyn Woods
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 12
- 5 min
Rise. Bloom. Fade
Over the years—make that decades—I have been a character in many plays. Teacher. Administrator. Trainer. Interesting fields like art and...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 1
- 2 min
Coming soon...
I’ve got Georgia on my mind. O’Keeffe, that is. A new exhibition opens in days at The San Diego Museum of Art featuring the iconic artist...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 20
- 2 min
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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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
- 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
- Jun 29, 2022
- 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
- May 13, 2022
- 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
- Mar 2, 2022
- 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 7, 2022
- 2 min
Valentine's Day Whimsy from artist, Beatrice Wood
Last year's post worth another look. And wanted to share a gift on Valentine's - news of the a upcoming exhibit from The San Diego Museum...
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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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Green 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?”...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 22, 2021
- 2 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Modern Day Master
The 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
Celebrate 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Join 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 13, 2021
- 2 min
For 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 26, 2020
- 1 min
Inspired by art...
Another writing effort put out there in the pandemic... Each year, San Diego Writers Ink publishes an anthology of curated works. A...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
A 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...
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