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Author, Artist, Storyteller

LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
a blog by Marilyn Woods
Welcome to my blog about celebrating family, friends, art, and all the joys and sorrows of life's second act.
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A sunshine-y San Diego Thanksgiving
Marshmallows on the sweet potatoes or not? Packaged dressing? Yes or No? Why is turkey so damn expensive? Pertinent questions like this are being asked in homes throughout my neighborhood. The city. State. Country, for God’s sakes. Pertinent questions about the most over-stuffed holiday of the year. It’s Thanksgiving. Ninety-four percent of people in the United States will celebrate the holiday this year. A holiday time for counting the number around the dining room table,


Today’s the day!
Happy one-hundredth birthday to Wilma. And Happy Publication Day! Available on Amazon - https://a.co/d/8q12Sbc or by contacting me directly for a much less expensive copy!


Writing about Wilma . . .
Wilma Withdrawal is definitely happening! After completing any major project, there’s some kind of letdown I’m thinking... It happened after completing my first book, T he Orangewoods—Seasons in the Country Artfully Lived, which was published three months into the pandemic. An extremely soft landing into a shutdown world. It happened with my second, After Goya—A Mature-ish Fairytale . With this one, the letdown lingers with me regretting at times that I hadn’t writte

Girl's Night


Today’s the day!
Happy one-hundredth birthday to Wilma. And Happy Publication Day! Available on Amazon - https://a.co/d/8q12Sbc or by contacting me directly for a much less expensive copy!


One more Girls' Getaway...
Girls’ getaway played out riotously, as always. Giddiness, the order of the day. Each day we were together. Giddiness coupled with...


It's official!
Please join us for a special ABCD Day Luncheon as we welcome guest speaker and published author, Marilyn Woods, to discuss her latest...

Art Speak


"Life is about using the whole box of crayons." ~ RuPaul
“There are certain shades of blue that make me ache.” In her recent newsletter, this one titled “Shades of Blue (and Something New),”...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 105 min read


Brutalist architecture in my own backyard...
Ten days after Trump demeaned Brutalist architecture and its heavy imposing aesthetic, I stood in the background as Robert, a man I care...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 83 min read


My musings on Maria, the movie:
· Angelina Jolie is brilliant as Maria. Oscar-worthy. · As he claimed in the film, Aristotle was ugly and filthy rich. · ...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Dec 8, 20241 min read

Family Fun


A sunshine-y San Diego Thanksgiving
Marshmallows on the sweet potatoes or not? Packaged dressing? Yes or No? Why is turkey so damn expensive? Pertinent questions like this are being asked in homes throughout my neighborhood. The city. State. Country, for God’s sakes. Pertinent questions about the most over-stuffed holiday of the year. It’s Thanksgiving. Ninety-four percent of people in the United States will celebrate the holiday this year. A holiday time for counting the number around the dining room table,

Marilyn Gardner Woods
6 days ago2 min read


"Life is about using the whole box of crayons." ~ RuPaul
“There are certain shades of blue that make me ache.” In her recent newsletter, this one titled “Shades of Blue (and Something New),”...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Aug 105 min read


News from granddaughter Number Five!
As a writer who has NEVER been published in the New York Times, and much more importantly as her grandmother, this is wildly...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jul 151 min read

Adventures at Home& Away


And we didn't have to get on a dang plane!
A wild , worrisome and wonderful weekend in Los Angeles (our second visit this month) ended for us driving through the last stages of...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 94 min read


MAGIC!
If, as Health Fitness Revolution offers, music and specifically attending concerts “is fun and leads to reduced stress levels,” I should...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
May 213 min read


Brutalist architecture in my own backyard...
Ten days after Trump demeaned Brutalist architecture and its heavy imposing aesthetic, I stood in the background as Robert, a man I care...

Marilyn Gardner Woods
Mar 83 min read

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