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Join me for this virtual reading hosted by Wild Roof Journal. I'll be reading along with other contributors to Issue 18. The reading will...
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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Is it just me or...
Indulging in one final guilty pleasure before beginning the trials of New-Year’s-Resolutions-eating, I opened the small brown bag...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 20, 20224 min read
Really last minute shopping...
The invitation for the dreaded gift exchange stated unisex and at the bottom in barely perceptible font size, up to $100 limit. Yes, I am...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Love and Light
The season so far has been bittersweet. Joy and sorrow hand in hand as Christmas approaches. A good friend loses her husband. Another...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Nov 16, 20223 min read
A Wild Turkey happening...
When the front door of my daughter’s home in Valley Center opened, I froze. The sight of her face—a blackish-purple swollen...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Nov 7, 20221 min read
The shadow knows...
Somehow with the time change, it seems the shadows are longer. “Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Nov 3, 20221 min read
A bit early...
But here comes my Manzanita Christmas tree from the ranch thanks to my next-door son!
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Oct 30, 20221 min read
Autumn on the Appalachian Trail...
This Texas girl turned Southern Californian experienced an Autumn to remember days ago on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. My...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Oct 17, 20223 min read
HALLOWEEN IN THE LAND OF OZ
From the top shelf in the auto department of Ace Hardware, I pulled a shiny aluminum funnel, the kind for they use at Serrato’s Auto in...
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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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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Sep 23, 20223 min read
A*U*T*U*M*N arrives...
Bookended by Labor Day and the holiday season, Autumn is here. The Turning of the season, although we scarcely notice in Southern...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Sep 8, 20222 min read
Let 'em eat fish...
I have been called a persnickety eater. Certainly, I'm an unadventurous diner. Not likely to dive into unfamiliar dishes. Especially...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Lessons learned. A hard way...
Three minutes, at most. I pulled into the designated dry cleaners parking spot fifteen feet away from the establishment in the Trader...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 19, 20224 min read
Perhaps the most magic time of day...
We were together at twilight time. As we strolled, holding hands after Cadillac margaritas and carne asada fajitas at our neighborhood...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 29, 20221 min read
and the livin' is easy...
My friend Bess spoke wistfully the other day saying “I wish there were more days in July…” As the month ends and August approaches, that...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Number Fifty-six...
One day recently, I spent more time in my kitchen than I have collectively over the last six years. It began around my birthday in May....
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 7, 20222 min read
Fifty thoughts I had while watching Elvis, the movie...
1. My father freaked out when he heard "All Shook Up" and saw the gyrations 2. So did I... 3. Couldn’t quite keep up with Baz...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 2, 20224 min read
It's Star-spangled time...
I look forward to the Fourth of July celebration in my neighborhood at Fern’s impressive sweeping perch where all three of the major San...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Yep, art imitates life...
Who doesn’t love the Impressionists? Those light-filled, loosely brush-worked, fleeting-moments kind of rock star artists who together...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Longer days...more pages
Something kind of crazy happens to me when the lazy, hazy days of summer begin. I want to bury myself, not in the sand, but in a great...
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