Marilyn Gardner Woods
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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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
Fifty thoughts I had while watching Elvis, the movie...
1. My father freaked out when he heard "All Shook Up" and saw the gyrations 2. So did I... 3. Couldn’t quite keep up with Baz...
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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
- May 2, 2022
- 4 min
A nine-day, one carry-on, five pounds added return to Texas. Yes, I ate the waffle...
“So what was the highlight of your Texas Trip this year,” my spirited longtime closest Texas friend asked as she edged her sleek black...
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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
- Nov 10, 2021
- 7 min
"I'm fixin' to get into some trouble. You comin'?
I know they consider me a foreigner… And maybe I am. In a way, they are too. Those Texas girls. I return to my stomping grounds there...
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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 The submission instructions - unpublished fiction or nonfiction narratives based loosely...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
- Jan 13, 2021
- 2 min
Quite spectacular!
My Texas story-telling friend Chris sent pictures this week of snow—two inches—fallen across her acreage and her birdhouses. Unusual for...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 22, 2020
- 5 min
In the end, it felt good...
Anguish mounted. “I have moved those damn tables into every room in this house and they don’t belong anywhere. I need to get rid of...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 20, 2020
- 3 min
Flat Belly...
The long and winding road to flat belly… In reality the road is long, but not winding. In order for me to pare down the girth of my...
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