Marilyn Gardner Woods
Back to The Phantom, the catcher behind homeplate and Halloween costumes...
Our mask-nation is gradually unveiling itself. An awkwardness permeates as we cope with “to wear or not to wear.” For some, masks dangle...
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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
a blog by Marilyn Woods
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 22, 2021
- 2 min
"The lusty month of May..."
A new year begins for me each May. And the Matilija Poppies bloom. My life began in May just about forever ago. While many around me mope...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Modern Day Master
The need to convey the power of art returned to me a few days ago when I returned to what had been my home away from home for twenty...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
Once upon a time...
There is a strong possibility it will never come to life. I have big-time doubts. It has completed the embryonic stages. And is out of my...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
Anybody else confused?
Remember how easy it used to be to show up at the neighborhood theater, buy a ticket, get your popcorn and red hots and settle in? Not so...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Bunny hop...
Went to the vault for this signed original to wish you a glorious Easter weekend... Would appreciate any thoughts you might have about...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
TGIF
The moment my foot hit the flagstone path leading from my front door, I felt a vibration; with each step, a pulsing sensation coming from...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 20, 2021
- 2 min
Celebrate Women's History Month with Art!
Update: The virtual tour was fabulous, made even more special by the appearance of both Anne Mudge and Marianela de la Hoz. Both artists...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 13, 2021
- 3 min
Tomato anyone?
Simple pleasure. A pleasure I wouldn’t have had if there had been no pandemic. I wouldn’t have taken the time. Heirloom tomato seeds...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 7, 2021
- 1 min
Covid concrete coverage
"You and your book are in the news! See page 11. Congratulations." said the email from the PR people. "Wait is that you?" Gail asked a...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 22, 2021
- 2 min
Join us! "Built by Women" Virtual Tour at the San Diego Museum of Art (March 6)
You are invited to the premiere of The San Diego Museum of Art’s “Built by Women” virtual tour. Channel your inner Rosie the Riveter and...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
The mighty Kumquat
Harvest time. Not fruits of my bygone Camelot, Lush wine grapes Juicy oranges. Instead, the modest kumquat Is sought From my hillside...
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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
- Feb 10, 2021
- 1 min
Event: Launch of the San Diego Decameron Project (Friday, February 26)
"Mine", a sweet quarantined story about a bottle of wine, some candy, and my next door son, was selected out of 100 stories to be...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 4, 2021
- 7 min
Near Misses
Ordinarily the twilight hour is precious to me. Not too long ago, however, the magic time between sunset and dusk presented as nerve...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
#1m, #46
At the exact moment Joseph R. Biden Jr. was pronounced president of the United States, an ample and jolly forty-something health care...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
Film Festival at my house!
In an effort to calm my nerves in anticipation of a vaccine appointment, I staged a mini-Film Festival at my house over the last few days...
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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
- Jan 5, 2021
- 1 min
5pm somewhere...
I contemplated it seriously. And then as swiftly as the cork pops free from the unscrewed muselet of a bottle of champagne, I discarded...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Dec 19, 2020
- 5 min
Be a child...
In the recently imposed stay-in-house restriction my region of California is under, I stumbled onto a work of art of mine from a long...
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