CJ Woods III’s Story Archive

Fall

October 5, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

Small black, bird-sized shadows flew diagonally across the curtains at my window as I lay in bed. I glanced at them, turned back toward my television, then paused the movie I was viewing. I sat up, parted my curtains and watched through the window as yellow leaves twisted past the … Read More

The Little Bits of Joy

September 28, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

In his poem, “In My Craft or Sullen Art,” Dylan Thomas wrote of the joy and misery of the creative process and the emotional drive to continue to produce that which one loves. I was a casual scribe with a limited audience when I was conscripted into the service of … Read More

Doorways

September 21, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

An article in Scientific American, published in December, 2011 by two grad students from Washington University in St. Louis, discusses a study by researchers from Notre Dame. The paper the researchers published was titled, “Walking through doorways causes forgetting.” I remember hearing an NPR report on the “doorway effect,” and … Read More

Irvington Peace Rally

September 14, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

On Sunday, September 10th, a gathering of people responded to a call from the Irvington Association of Ministers and the Irvington Community Advocacy Network (ICAN) to gather together and love your neighbor. The Peace Rally continued its three-year tradition with prayers — in English and Spanish — from ministers, priests … Read More

The Ws.

September 14, 2017 | by CJ Woods III

Just off the highway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, along the south side of the Allegheny River, my friend and I found a small park, pulled off, and sat on a bench to watch a creative display of lights. My good friend from high school was home during a break from school. … Read More