Home from another adventurous road trip!
Two-thousand miles in seven rollicking days. We are firm believers in St. Augustine ’s adage “The world is a book and those who don’t...
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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 82 min read
Sky High on that roller coaster again . . .
"except for the Presidential s**t show..."
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 294 min read
My summer obsession . . .
...gets at that "wild, silky part of ourselves."
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 261 min read
Summer reading...free!
Take a look at this literary journal's stunning website. Love the title and the graphics and the fact that one of my pieces titled...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
May 56 min read
Story Time y'all...
I think we writers are a most supportive group. Big time fans of one another's work! David Reed is a guy whose writing is beyond...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 243 min read
The Games People Play...
I am a docent. At an art museum. The San Diego Museum of Art. Before you roll your eyes remembering that boring academic lecture in front...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 293 min read
Not long after After Goya!
The purpose of this blog post is a giant mushy thank-you to all you hopeless romantics who believe in fairy tales and their power and...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 112 min read
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
Jan 201 min read
It's official!
Please join us for a special ABCD Day Luncheon as we welcome guest speaker and published author, Marilyn Woods, to discuss her latest...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 151 min read
Big week for me!
Just back from Dallas, where I grew up and where it was seventeen degrees all weekend. It's seventy degrees and sunshine this afternoon...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 92 min read
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: rapturous, reluctant, rowdy...sculptural, sexy, silly...head-splitting, hilarious, hallowed.
Both in my newly formed writing group and my touring at the art museum, I’m focusing on newer, stronger, adjectives in my...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 30, 20233 min read
Sometimes it's hard to turn the page . . .
Erica Jong, celebrated novelist and essayist, was flying high in the late sixties and early seventies when I was chasing toddlers....
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 9, 20231 min read
Proud to be part of this group and this event!!!
9th Annual San Diego Memoir Showcase& Shaking the Tree Vol.5 Celebration December 14, 2023, 7:00 pmConrad Prebys Performing Arts Center...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 1, 20232 min read
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
Oct 1, 20233 min read
"...the last act of secular prayer"
Sophie, the bride-to-be and avid reader, has no time for books lately – she’s getting married next Saturday. We’re all in a tizzy!...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 27, 20234 min read
"I already have one!"
As I wrapped Laurie’s birthday present—a stack pack of books—I couldn’t help but smile recalling something funny my favorite uncle said...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 15, 20234 min read
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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Books I’m reading even though my eyesight is temporarily cockeyed.
Six months between cataract surgeries (don’t ask) and I wear a contact on one eye during the day and read at night without the contact...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 5, 20233 min read
"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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Oct 9, 20223 min read
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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