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LIFE'S SECOND ACTS
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
4 days ago4 min read
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...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jun 12, 20235 min read
Rise. Bloom. Fade
Over the years—make that decades—I have been a character in many plays. Teacher. Administrator. Trainer. Interesting fields like art and...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Apr 10, 20232 min read
It's orange blossom time again...
Once up a time, I wrote a book. The inspiration for my first book was a poem—“Invitation to a Voyage”—by Charles Baudelaire, one of the...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Jan 20, 20225 min read
Scissors, screwdrivers, and sex
Geez. I still smell like I spent the night with an unwashed mechanic…oily and garage-like. Stridently attacking my Five Lists 2022, ...
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Marilyn Woods
Mar 6, 20194 min read
Reading Between the Sheets
Changing the linens on my oversized, make that king-sized, bed occurs every week and I dread doing it. Occasionally, I stretch it to two...
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Marilyn Gardner Woods
Feb 14, 20192 min read
The Perfect Man
It’s Valentine’s Day, my third without my husband of fifty plus romantic observances of cupid’s special day. I dodged several...
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Marilyn Woods
Jan 21, 20193 min read
The Duplicity of Fire
I lit the first fire of the season in my fireplace last night, cozied up with a furry throw and began to write. Outside, temperatures in...
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