CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

History and Mystery

October 9, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I climbed the steps leading away from the light-rail station onto the street above it; a woman bounded up the steps behind me and at the top, asked for directions to a street. I pointed her in the right direction and she startled me by asking, “Do you want to … Read More

Don’t Fall

October 2, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

“I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.” I was standing with my neighbors beneath a tree, chatting about the beauty of a 1950 Hudson Super 8, listening to the cries of delight from the children at a backyard birthday party and watching a … Read More

The Beaten Path

September 25, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I sat down with my 3-year-old daughter and told her that she had done something that needed to be addressed by a punishment. “I am going to have to spank you,” I told her. I turned her over my knee, raised my hand high above my head, and brought it … Read More

Dumb and Dumber

September 18, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

In 2002 two high school seniors published a book that went unnoticed by me until I saw it at the 2014 Benton House book sale. I’m not sure who did notice the book in 2002, but it is a funny bit of business about “real dumb laws.” “You May Not … Read More

Words From Woods

September 11, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

My nephew and his bride had a son and in August of this year, I sent my “nephewlet” a book. I wrote a note to him, though he is only six months old, and told him that the pictures of him posted on a social networking site by his parents … Read More