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...
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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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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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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Girl's Night
"I'm fixin' to get into some trouble. You comin'?
I know they consider me a foreigner… And maybe I am. In a way, they are too. Those Texas girls. I return to my stomping grounds there...
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In the spotlight...
On my radar…an architect, an actress and an unbelievably awesome vocalist – all women! First, one of British drama’s royalty, Nicola...
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The Anniversary Sale
A case of the dressing room giggles which sometimes turned into guffaws may have been the most fun I’ve had in a couple of years… What is...
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Art Speak
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 23
- 3 min
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...
942
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 8
- 2 min
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...
1443
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Jun 29
- 2 min
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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Family Fun
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 8
- 2 min
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...
1443
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
If you love the game of baseball...
The Twin Bill published today, the first day of the 2021 World Series. So many great baseball stories! Especially moving, the poignant...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Green ice cream
“Green.” My toddler, wearing pint-sized Tony Llama cowboy boots, uttered this one-word reply to “What kind of ice cream would you like?”...
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Adventures at Home& Away
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 28
- 4 min
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...
3324
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Aug 19
- 4 min
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
- 1 min
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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