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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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"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),”...
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...
Banker's Hill LBB viewing..
There’s a new gathering spot—some might call it a watering hole— that you might not have heard of in Banker’s Hill , my neighborhood in...
Girl's Night
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...
She's Everywhere!
Random Thoughts I had while watching Barbie… · Dazzling summer fun! · Barbie sales will spike - both plastic dolls and movie...
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
"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
"A Cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces . . ."
The sight or smell of a cigarette repels me. Wretched. Disgusting. Downright stinky. Josefina Aguilar, Oaxaca Mexico Curiously, two...
Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 162 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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