Nesting . . .
As the holiday approached, I found myself looking back to the past years’ Labor Days and came across something I wrote seven years ago....
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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 11
- 2 min
I love love.
"Let's fall in love. For if I loved you, time and again you would hear me say that I want to be loved by you, by you, and nobody else but...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 27, 2023
- 1 min
My true love(s) gave to me . . .
It was romantic. It was bittersweet. It was hectic. It was hilarious. It was heartwarming. It was exhausting. It was lonely. It was...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 1, 2023
- 2 min
For your shopping list...
For those of you who love to read and might also need gifts for friends who like to read, hang on because I’ve got great suggestions! I...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 28, 2023
- 2 min
Dear Santa,
It's been decades since I wrote with a specific request. This year, it's imperative that I beg. I've been good. Santa, please, please...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 24, 2023
- 1 min
Survived another one!
NO I didn't bake the pies. Didn't snap the green beans. Did NOT tear the sourdough loaf into chunks for the stuffing. Certainly didn't...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 8, 2023
- 1 min
AGAIN!
I was certain when I handed the roasting pan to my daughter and turned over my father’s pearl-handled carving set to my son a dozen years...
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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 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 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
- 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
- Jul 2, 2022
- 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
- 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
- Jan 10, 2022
- 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 17, 2021
- 2 min
Oh Christmas tree...
Way back before the twenty-first century began, in 1999, there was an extraordinary garden store in Santa Barbara, Smith & Hawken, where...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Beavers, 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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Belated and beloved...
My birthday this year was a bit of blur nestled in the midst of Mother’s Day, three family birthday celebrations, one Master of Arts...
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