LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 31, 2019
- 4 min
Nesting
In the next few days, I will labor. Appropriately, it’s September and Labor Day weekend. Some will barbeque. Many will shop trumpeted sal...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 21, 2019
- 5 min
Uncorked
I am a brand-loyal consumer. However, I recently made a change. Having a small dinner party, I went to the store for wine and along with ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 30, 2019
- 8 min
Chestnuts anyone?
Since finishing The Overstory, Richard Powers Pulitzer Prize winning book, I have been obsessed with growing a chestnut tree from seed. I...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 23, 2019
- 5 min
Brotherly love...
“Your brother, Mark, is the highest functioning schizophrenic patient I treat,” the psychiatrist commented. Following the death of my fat...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 13, 2019
- 5 min
So many Mary's...
I have been trying to get a better understanding of the Virgin Mary. Not being a Catholic, it’s difficult. My exposure to Catholicism is ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jul 2, 2019
- 2 min
Grill ready?
Thanksgiving with turkey and gravy and the 4th of July’s star-spangled burgers and dogs celebrations were the hardest as a non-meat-eater...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 23, 2019
- 3 min
Slowly, but surely...
I’m a fervent advocate of buying art when you travel. A small bowl from the night market in Bangkok sits on my coffee table, a print from...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 15, 2019
- 1 min
Just out!
Proud to be included with the stellar writers of stirring stories in this latest San Diego Writer's Ink anthology. Stunning job as editor...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 11, 2019
- 3 min
Beauty Everywhere
Another in my series of ongoing citywide vs. countryfied conflicts. My friend, Ruth, says, “I’m a country girl living in the city.” Me, w...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
Curtain up!
“I’m afraid we’re a bit spoiled,” I said to Sue in a stage whisper as the houselights dimmed. She and I had just returned from New York a...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 26, 2019
- 2 min
More Maddie...
Four years after her emerald search came up fruitless, Maddie eight at this time, sat with her siblings and cousins and their parents-my ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 19, 2019
- 2 min
Together again...
As I reached the top of the grade last evening, a seldom seen sight appeared in the sky before me. Slightly to my east, a pale almost ful...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 14, 2019
- 4 min
Emeralds,' said the rabbit. 'Emeralds make a lovely gift. Maurice Sendak
Cross Finial
Gold, emeralds, pearls
ca.1600 Colombia
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 8, 2019
- 1 min
More conflict...cows or concrete?
City vs. country living - which lifestyle is right for me? I am conflicted most of the time. Most of my life, a big city girl and then tw...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
Does it hurt?
Medusa’s snake locks? Samson’s long mane, the secret to his strength, which Delilah cut while he slept? Santa’s snow white beard? Iconic ...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 20, 2019
- 1 min
Missing Texas today...
But I'm very excited because my best friend since junior high is coming to visit in a few days. Yea! She and her husband are my strongest...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
"You've Got a Friend..."
One of life’s greatest treasures is a friend. I moved away from my good friend, Sue, shortly after my husband died. Not far away, just an...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 11, 2019
- 5 min
Connected through the art
A few years ago, I went through training with a San Diego Alzheimer’s organization to learn to tour Alzheimer’s patients in the art museu...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 5, 2019
- 1 min
Drawing Salon at it again!
This time, we chose one of Joaquin Sorolla's most important paintings, Maria of La Granja in anticipation of the year's most exciting eve...
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