CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

A New Leaf

November 12, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A 70-degree Sunday afternoon had me on the front lawn, raking leaves. Not for the first time did I ponder on the tradition that leads to the act of gathering dead leaves into piles for the purpose of sending them off to another place. Neither of the two homes that … Read More

This is Me

November 5, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A friend from long ago posted on a social networking site that she had somehow missed the TV show This Is Us. I didn’t respond to the post, but referred to it recently when a member of the Weekly View team, while sipping cider with me, said that she and … Read More

Boo

October 29, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A friend made a comment on a social media site a few weeks ago, concerned that she was being premature in putting up Halloween decorations in her Missouri town. I responded to her that I live in Irvington, the Halloween capitol of the planet, and advised her to go get … Read More

Word Guy

October 22, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

64% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage (there is no sign that the cancer has spread outside of the breast), for which the 5-year survival rate is 99%. “You’re such a word guy!” The doctor who provides me with most of my necessary medical services — … Read More

Drive-In Movies

October 15, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

In 2020, an estimated 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women in the U.S. as well as 48,530 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer “Everybody’s at the drive-in, I wanna go…” — Ray LaMontagne, “Drive-In Movies.” “That was fun!” Ethel Winslow, Editor-in-Chief of … Read More