Marilyn Gardner Woods
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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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
a blog by Marilyn Woods
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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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Bunny hop...
Went to the vault for this signed original to wish you a glorious Easter weekend... Would appreciate any thoughts you might have about...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
Be a child...
In the recently imposed stay-in-house restriction my region of California is under, I stumbled onto a work of art of mine from a long...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Only in my dreams...
Just after Thanksgiving, a surreal sans-turkey seasonal affair, I began to play my collection of Christmas music, feeling the need for...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
Thanksgiving leftover...
Easily the oddest Thanksgiving ever. The family unit carved up like a turkey. In Arizona, they put up their Christmas tree and had cereal...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Halloween warning for DIYers...
Chesterton, Ohio in 1968. Mom came from Texas to visit just about this time of year. A beautiful autumn in the Midwest. My small tots...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 4, 2020
- 5 min
October 2020
October 2020 is here—an October like none other in my lifetime. Octobers of my past flutter through my mind like falling leaves. I’ll...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!
Twelve years ago, my granddaughter, Chesapeake Woods with hair the color of orange marmalade, was born and I bought a book for her, a...
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