CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

The Confluence of Joyful Things

July 25, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

“You’re not very ‘CJ’ today,” Chelsea said as she served me my cider. I was sitting at the counter of the tasting room of my favorite cidery, nursing a “Dry” and a water. The noise was dying down as the attendants and presenters of the art event that I had … Read More

Sitting On The Porch

July 18, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

A woman came up to me as I sat in my red camp chair watching Blue Alchemy play at a concert sponsored by the Friends of Irving Circle. I had not been long settled into my chair when she approached me. Without preamble, she asked me, “Are you coming to … Read More

The Zine Scene

July 11, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

My favorite cidery posted a notification of an upcoming event. “Crafternoon + Zine Workshop” invited me to “Come out with (my) sketchbook” for an afternoon of “art and zines.” Cider, sketchbook and art, I thought. A good way to pass a Sunday afternoon. And to learn what a “zine” was. … Read More

Hummingbird Down

July 3, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

In the packed gray dirt beside the back steps of my new homeplace, I noticed an ovoid shape. Mottled gray green with sharp points at one end and two white spots at the other, the shape, when I knelt down for a closer look, proved to be a tiny bird. … Read More

Music, Poetry, Sadness and Joy

June 27, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

The National Public Radio sends me emails, and in the latest one, an announcement of the new U.S. Poet Laureate. Joy Harjo, a Native American member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, will succeed Tracy K. Smith. I am not familiar with Harjo’s poetry, but as I read the story from … Read More