CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

That Will Never Fly

May 15, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

In 1986 I came from the advertising department of Stewart’s Department Store in Louisville Ky., to L.S. Ayres in Indianapolis. Some time after that, I met a young lady, a graphic designer who worked in the advertising department with me. She was — and is still — a thoughtful, lively … Read More

The Art of Listening

May 8, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was telling my friend a story about some event in my life when she pointed to some flowers at the side of the road. “Look: they were not out just last week.” Having had the pause button pressed by her interruption, I did what I have become accustomed to … Read More

A Small Miracle

May 1, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

“I have a little story to tell you.” My friend called me on a Monday evening. She knew that I was on the way to play in my pool league, and promised to call me later in the week. My friend lives in Louisville, Ky., in an 88-tear-old home that … Read More

What We Remember

April 24, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

“Love heals the wounds it makes…” – Time Is A Healer; Eva Cassidy The lyricist Diane Scanlon wrote that Eva Cassidy song, and a birthday wish from an old friend brought it to mind. I can be a “Grumpy Old Man” when it comes to social media, but it is … Read More

Going Boxing

April 17, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was young in a household often raked by the gunfire of anger and early in my growing years, I learned to express myself in the same violent way. I used to tell people that my anger was so bad that I was not permitted to have a penknife when … Read More