CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Sharing Spaces

June 20, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

In March of 1993 I left Indianapolis, Indiana for a job in St. Louis, Missouri. My marriage, like Icarus, had flown too close to the fire and had crashed and burned. My bride and two young children stayed in Indy and, excepting a brief sojourn as tenant in my second … Read More

Daughters

June 13, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

This column is a reprint from December, 2010. My eldest daughter called me at ten o’clock one night, and said: “What engagement? To whom?” She was reading a column I’d written, and came across a fact she had not known. I answered the question, and went back to sleep, smiling. … Read More

The Wave

June 6, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

The car nosed into the crosswalk and the man turned his head to the right to look for oncoming traffic; when he rotated his head to the left, he saw me ambling down the sidewalk toward him. His car backed slowly out of the crosswalk as I approached, and when … Read More

Remembrances and Memorial Days

May 23, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

On Mother’s Day, my sister posted a picture of herself with our mother on a social media site. Her comment was, “Mommy. Wish we had just one more Mother’s Day.” Our mother laid down to sleep on June 9th, 2010, and though the intervening nine years have dulled the pain, … Read More

Spurring A Live Horse

May 16, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

A commenter on a social media page noted that proposed remakes of old TV shows might not survive because of the “political correctness” we have today. I read the comment, struggled for a moment, but failed to restrain myself from responding. I have not been able to find the thread … Read More