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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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And we didn't have to get on a dang plane!
A wild , worrisome and wonderful weekend in Los Angeles (our second visit this month) ended for us driving through the last stages of...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 9, 20254 min read


MAGIC!
If, as Health Fitness Revolution offers, music and specifically attending concerts “is fun and leads to reduced stress levels,” I should...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
May 21, 20253 min read


"A Cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces . . ."
The sight or smell of a cigarette repels me. Wretched. Disgusting. Downright stinky. Josefina Aguilar, Oaxaca Mexico Curiously, two...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 16, 20252 min read


Bill Murray and me . . .
Bill Murray Sighting in Bankers Hill, California Actually, there is no Bill Murray and me. But, in my mind, there’s a Me and Bill Murray....

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 9, 20252 min read


Apple non-Intelligence . . .
Since the moment close to two decades ago when I first opened the slender, rectangular white box—minimalist and elegant in...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 26, 20256 min read


Brutalist architecture in my own backyard...
Ten days after Trump demeaned Brutalist architecture and its heavy imposing aesthetic, I stood in the background as Robert, a man I care...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 8, 20253 min read


One more Girls' Getaway...
Girls’ getaway played out riotously, as always. Giddiness, the order of the day. Each day we were together. Giddiness coupled with...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 28, 20254 min read


Once a Red Raider, always a Red Raider!
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics has received a monumental $5 million gift from NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 7, 20251 min read


"Oh, I believe in yesterday . . "
Art by Boltax Yesterday, I totally wasted the day. Amazingly, it felt good. I didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t want to work a to-do...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 23, 20251 min read


"Be Bold sang Time this year . . ."
One week into a new year and I think I’m ready to begin. I have recovered from a very short, extremely busy holiday season and a siege of...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 8, 20252 min read


My Wish for You . . .
Sadly, my local movie house—The Landmark Theater—is closing January 5. I grew up with a neighborhood theater in walking distance of my...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 28, 20242 min read


All I Wanted for Christmas...
My list of memorable Christmas gifts is long and oh-so-varied topped by a complete surprise of a new automobile—a station wagon—perfect...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 21, 20242 min read


My musings on Maria, the movie:
· Angelina Jolie is brilliant as Maria. Oscar-worthy. · As he claimed in the film, Aristotle was ugly and filthy rich. · ...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 8, 20241 min read


My idea of ideal...
Over the years since I lost my loving husband, travel has provided immeasurable amounts of healing. To Marfa with Janice and Frank; to...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Nov 23, 20242 min read


Grateful to be invited!
Thanksgiving is late this year which gives me time to talk books before talking turkey! Just back from an extraordinary trip to Andalucia...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Nov 5, 20241 min read


At last!
At last. A bona fide perk of old age. At least for us elders in California. Scarcely able to believe what I was seeing in the San Diego...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Oct 20, 20242 min read


The Fabric of Life...
On the Autumnal Equinox this year, 2024, I experienced a marvel. Both an architectural and an astronomical marvel. At 6:46, the precise...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Oct 2, 20242 min read


Autumn... the year's last, loveliest smile
I can't help but smile when I read William Cullen Bryant's quote about this time of year being a lovely smile. Bookended by Labor Day and...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Sep 18, 20243 min read


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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Sep 5, 20246 min read


Speaking Engagement: Mes Amies in Dallas
On Wednesday, November 20 in Dallas, TX I'll be speaking to: Mes Amies (which means “my friends” in French), a 100-member philanthropic...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Sep 3, 20241 min read
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