Sweet Slices of Everyday Life

LIFE'S SECOND ACTS

a blog by Marilyn Woods

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Marco Polo right on the money...

When I die, I hope it’s peony season and my children place full lush blossoms everywhere when they celebrate. Not that I’ve died, but the...

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It's orange blossom time again...

Once up a time, I wrote a book. The inspiration for my first book was a poem—“Invitation to a Voyage”—by Charles Baudelaire, one of the...

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The mighty Kumquat's season is here!

Harvest time. Not fruits of my bygone Camelot, Lush wine grapes Juicy oranges. Instead, the modest kumquat Is sought From my hillside...

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"WHAT'S GALENTINE'S DAY? OH, IT'S ONLY THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR."

Never paid much attention to Galentine’s Day, although I adored Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope character on Parks and Recreation. Galentine’s...

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Is it just me or...

Indulging in one final guilty pleasure before beginning the trials of New-Year’s-Resolutions-eating, I opened the small brown bag...

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The shadow knows...

Somehow with the time change, it seems the shadows are longer. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own...

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On first impression...

Connie and I sat next to each other, both with coffee in hand, just before the workshop on writing articles for magazines started at ten...

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Perhaps the most magic time of day...

We were together at twilight time. As we strolled, holding hands after Cadillac margaritas and carne asada fajitas at our neighborhood...