CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Someone To Talk To

October 8, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

Sealed into a can by the external presence of a novel coronavirus, my conversations have been limited to mostly, bandying with a two-year-old girl. As someone used to living alone, I also have the occasional audible exclamations of rebuttal to my inward thoughts. I’ve found that this behavior is likely … Read More

Crossing T’s and Dotting I’s

October 1, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

One night as I lay abed preparing to go to sleep, something on the TV I left on triggered a memory in me. I started to visualize a pencil in my hand as it passed across a piece of paper, a page in an Indiana University “Blue Book.” I was … Read More

A Hack Story

September 24, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

An e-mail in my inbox had all the superficial characteristics associated with one of the banking institutions with which I do business, including an official-looking logo at the top of the message and copyright insignia at the bottom. The subject matter of the e-mail was “account verification.” I opened the … Read More

The New Wave

September 17, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A woman was walking south down the sidewalk on the same side that I was. I saw her early in my strides northward, and when she was about a half-block away, reassured her quietly, murmuring under my breath, “Don’t worry; I’m getting into the street.” I did so, and as … Read More

A Birthday

September 10, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A reader of this paper is also a friend on a social networking site. Recently,  the reader commented on a video I had posted of me and my granddaughter, making pancakes. Imani used to love making that breakfast food with me, and I would play a song, “Pancakes,” as we … Read More