LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
April in...
I admit it. I whined when he suggested traveling in April. “Why on earth do you want to leave here—it’s the most perfect time of the year...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 22, 2020
- 1 min
Wondering
What’s the world doing now While I wash sheets polish brass What’s the world doing now I’m slowed down, alone Contented, anxious What’s t...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 18, 2020
- 1 min
COVID conversation...
It’s hard to find things to be happy about, grateful over, or even looking forward to, especially if you tune into the news of our countr...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
Cancelled - darn it!
Not a big deal in the whole scheme of things, but huge, huge, huge disappointment for me. However, I do have to go to Texas often, so as ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 8, 2020
- 8 min
Hankering for...
If I were a rock star, my souvenir concert tour t-shirt would read: TEXAS TOUR 2020 Dallas Fort Worth Sweetwater Buffalo Gap Boerne Fredr...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 24, 2020
- 5 min
Book Club and beyond...
I joined a new book club recently. New to me. Over the years, I have participated in numerous book clubs, social gatherings of like-minde...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Carly in the house...
Carly and I have been living together now almost five weeks and I have written regularly about our escapades together. However, since my w...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Carly in the house...
It’s not uncommon for a writer to suffer from what’s called Writer’s Block. In some ways, it resembles a Batter’s Slump. It’s frightening...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 31, 2019
- 4 min
A blur...
My holiday season was as hectic as any prolonged celebration in my history. It’s almost over now and I’m beyond exhausted. It began with ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 19, 2019
- 5 min
Is it me?
I’m having serious feelings of unpopularity which harken back to my junior high school days. It’s one week before Christmas and I have re...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 8, 2019
- 9 min
Shirts
Haven’t ironed a man’s shirt in over five years. I found the task surprisingly pleasant one day recently. “Why is he wearing a polo shirt...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 24, 2019
- 8 min
Turkey anyone?
It began around the campfire at Song Dog one year. It was enhanced by the Wild Turkey. And then it became a tradition. My four best buds ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 17, 2019
- 2 min
Bo or Tom???
Prize-winning, international best-selling author Ann Patchett may well be the most beloved book person in America — not just for her irre...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 9, 2019
- 2 min
lt's another glorious November...
Another delightful country-city contrast this first week in November... Persimmons from Henry's (Lazy H) grove in Pauma Valley free for t...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 3, 2019
- 2 min
wake-up call
My alarm these days is a low-throated, drawn out rumble. I arrive from the land of nod to the state of consciousness each morning at 6:30...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 13, 2019
- 3 min
Harvest
Seasons past when I was part of a magical winemaking adventure, the autumn was the most special time of the year. Harvesting fully ripene...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 2, 2019
- 5 min
Holy Amazing!
My writing mentor cautions that there are two things impossible to do any kind of justice to or to describe eloquently and accurately in w...
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