CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

The Small Delights

December 2, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

Shortly after I moved to the Irvington area of Indianapolis, I took a stroll around the neighborhood. One evening, I heard music coming from a business that identified as a coffee house. That music served as an introduction to Joseph Kilbourn and his bride, Jennifer Delgadillo (and the cider that … Read More

Thanks

November 25, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

Comes again, the gorging time commonly called “Thanksgiving.” The pandemic has contributed to the wreck of the supply chain and some of us will be spending more on a fat turkey. Others of us — me! — will be basting the same Cornish hens that I have cooked since I … Read More

The Gentle Ding

November 18, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

The person from the kitchen at the cider house came to the rectangular window that allowed both front of house and back of house personnel to communicate, and gently touched the yellow bell that communicated to the servers that a customer’s order was ready to be delivered. I was sitting … Read More

Point Of View

November 11, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

In March 2018, I wrote a column titled “Cancel Culture.” In it, I questioned the idea that turning a more informed eye on the literary offerings of our past was an effort to cancel those grants. I thought of that column recently when I remembered my admiration for a New … Read More

Boomers Do-Wop

November 4, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

This column first appeared in October 2009. My sister called me some months ago; she was at a concert, and a song that one of the “bands” sang reminded her of my friend and me. The band was singing, “What’s Your Name,” by Don and Juan, and we owned that … Read More