CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Be Careful Out There

December 18, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I have written before about “the season of joy,” and how we can share in it and spread it. The media has brought to us many reminders of the ways we can touch and enrich the lives of others. We can — and do — sponsor families, gather toys and … Read More

Pour, Drink, Grin

December 11, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

My good friend Nancy convinced her husband and me to watch a movie based on an Elizabeth Gilbert book. The three of us sat in the TV room and watched what Bill — Nancy’s husband — and I would later call, “Just, Kill, Me.” Whatever accolades the book may have … Read More

The Itchy Season

December 4, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

My friend called me early one morning and we caught up on things while she cleaned her four bathrooms. When she got to the one she describes as “your bathroom” — I spend good chunks of time at her house, so the basement bedroom and bath are “mine” — she … Read More

Thanks

November 27, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

Some of the readers of this paper will be among those who have over-indulged, and are now emerging from a Thanksgiving food coma. I can remember my son Chris pulling at my arm as I lolled on the after-dinner couch, telling me to “Fight it! Fight L-Tryptophan!” Some others of … Read More

Joie de Vivre

November 20, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

(zhwaduh vee-vruh) French. 1. A delight in being alive; keen carefree enjoyment of living. I was walking along a beach in Clearwater Beach Florida, watching my friend Lisa as she examined the offerings from the ocean. It was not the first time that I have been on that march by … Read More