CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Turkeys and Turtles and Deer, Oh my…

July 30, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

One recent morning, I stepped onto the path that leads from my apartment to begin my walk to the store. Ahead of me, a squirrel paused in its work; it gave me a sharp look before it whirled and leapt into a tree. A dove flared up, chittering, its white-edged … Read More

Here, Beer,Everywhere

July 23, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I was looking for some diversion on a recent Sunday afternoon when I remembered the Indy Film Fest. I checked the schedule and saw that, within an hour of my reading about it, a movie about craft beer brewing that featured two young men from Braddock, Penn., would be showing … Read More

The Cat Below

July 16, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

“There’s a big cat looking out the window,” my friend said, after I had climbed into her car, and she had driven out of my driveway. She had previously seen the cat while attaching bags of food to my door. I told her that the cat had been eyeballing me … Read More

Jennifer

July 9, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

“Jennifer Juniper, lives upon the hill/ Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still/… Whatcha doing, Jennifer my love?” — Donovan In the summer of 2008, my daughter was driving across an intersection, on the way to a store. “I was pregnant,” Lisa told me, “and I wanted some cheesy bread from Papa … Read More

Strife in the Fast Lane

July 2, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

My passenger was uneasy, flicking nervous glances at me as I navigated the early-morning traffic on I-465. His wife was my sitter and I had just dropped off my two children at their house. We were coworkers at L. S. Ayres, so he commuted with me, and I hated to … Read More