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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
a blog by Marilyn Woods
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Nesting . . .
As the holiday approached, I found myself looking back to the past years’ Labor Days and came across something I wrote seven years ago....

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 30, 20244 min read
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July harvest 2024
In my small circle, July brought forth three baby boys and one very large cucumber. I had nothing to do with birthing the young boys; I...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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Art Smart Kids!
I’ve always been partial to the little kids. Both as a teacher and in my work now giving tours at The San Diego Museum of Art. I stood...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 20, 20245 min read
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Sky High on that roller coaster again . . .
"except for the Presidential s**t show..."

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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My summer obsession . . .
...gets at that "wild, silky part of ourselves."

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 29, 20244 min read
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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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 26, 20241 min read
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A series of highs and lows...
I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 23, 20243 min read
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A walk on the slightly wild side...
Like everything else on my body, my earlobes have sagged. Not surprising for earlobes more than eight decades old. Not really a concern...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 5, 20242 min read
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Does anybody really need four and a half cups of brightly colored paper clips in their desk drawer?
Existential questions like this over an extended period of time led me to re-imagine my office recently. My corner office. Before you get...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
May 11, 20243 min read
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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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
May 5, 20246 min read
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Art alive and flowers in bloom!
Art Alive, the spectacular smashing together of art and flowers, happened a few days ago at The San Diego Museum of Art. I spent Saturday...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 29, 20241 min read
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Willie tonight...in San Diego
Down home to Texas tomorrow y'all!

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Change of plans...
My late-in-life ballet career ended as abruptly as it began. Ballet lessons topped my 2024 New Year’s Resolution list. At the end of the...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 21, 20242 min read
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Across the Generations: Women’s Stories in Prose & Poetry
Come hear me read at this free event! Through the ages women have come together to tell their stories. Generation after generation, we’ve...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 5, 20241 min read
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Come see me at the San Diego Writers Festival
The festival is on Saturday April 6, 9am to 6pm. Come see my reading from Volume 5 of Shaking the Tree from 2:15-3:15pm. Readings from...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 24, 20243 min read
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My reflections on the 2024 Academy Awards
Major League baseball players are not the only ones dealing with see-through outfits! I love a guy in a broach! Great add of the quintet...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Act Quickly!
Just got word that the Kindle version of my first book is available free today, March 7. Usually talking about my new book - After Goya,...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 29, 20243 min read
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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...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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