Across the Generations: Women’s Stories in Prose & Poetry
Come hear me read at this free event! Through the ages women have come together to tell their stories. Generation after generation, we’ve...
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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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Come see me at the San Diego Writers Festival
The festival is on Saturday April 6, 9am to 6pm. Come see my reading from Volume 5 of Shaking the Tree from 2:15-3:15pm. Readings from...
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The Games People Play...
I am a docent. At an art museum. The San Diego Museum of Art. Before you roll your eyes remembering that boring academic lecture in front...
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Girl's Night
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...
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She's Everywhere!
Random Thoughts I had while watching Barbie… · Dazzling summer fun! · Barbie sales will spike - both plastic dolls and movie...
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"WHAT'S GALENTINE'S DAY? OH, IT'S ONLY THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR."
Never paid much attention to Galentine’s Day, although I adored Amy Poehler’s Leslie Knope character on Parks and Recreation. Galentine’s...
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Art Speak
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Mar 24
- 3 min
The Games People Play...
I am a docent. At an art museum. The San Diego Museum of Art. Before you roll your eyes remembering that boring academic lecture in front...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 29
- 3 min
Not long after After Goya!
The purpose of this blog post is a giant mushy thank-you to all you hopeless romantics who believe in fairy tales and their power and...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Feb 11
- 2 min
I love love.
"Let's fall in love. For if I loved you, time and again you would hear me say that I want to be loved by you, by you, and nobody else but...
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Family Fun
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 24, 2023
- 1 min
Survived another one!
NO I didn't bake the pies. Didn't snap the green beans. Did NOT tear the sourdough loaf into chunks for the stuffing. Certainly didn't...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Nov 8, 2023
- 1 min
AGAIN!
I was certain when I handed the roasting pan to my daughter and turned over my father’s pearl-handled carving set to my son a dozen years...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 5, 2023
- 4 min
One Day and counting...
I first wrote the piece below sixteen months ago just after Sophie, my third granddaughter, and Daniel, her tall, dark, and handsome...
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Adventures at Home& Away
Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Oct 30, 2023
- 1 min
Not your Mama's jeans...
Athleisurewear . . . Fit. Fit. Fit . . . Cargo pants. Crop Tops. Joggers . . . Tank Tops. T-shirts. Hoodies . . . Sports Bras....
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Sep 17, 2023
- 3 min
I love my neighborhood...
It’s fascinating how one person’s seemingly innocent gesture can affect another person in unknown and unexpected ways. There’s a house on...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
- Apr 18, 2023
- 3 min
Traces of Texas y'all...
The older I get the more important it is for me to go home. Home to Texas home where my youth played out. Where my girl hood launched....
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