Article Archives: Words with Woods

11 Labs A’ Licking

May 21, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

My yellow lab had 11 puppies, one night. I was there for the birth of all of them. “Allie Dog Woods,” as my youngest daughter called her, was sweet and gentle, and loved to chew the rubber on the gas grill. (Wait- that last one wasn’t a good thing.) But … Read More

The Howl of May

May 14, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

Three motorcycles roared Eastward on 10th Street, passing me with blatting pipes; one was a “tri-ped,” and someone had installed speakers that put out multi-decibel aural insults. As I walked down E. 10th Street, I added the sounds of those motorcycles to the roar of glasspack muffler-equipped muscle cars, their … Read More

Ink

May 7, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

A friend posted a rant on a social media site that set free the hounds that had been dogging me for some time. The post indicated that he could not understand the proliferation of tattoos on men in the St. Louis Missouri area. He wrote that men were working out … Read More

Boom

April 30, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

“It’s a bomb!” When the man on the “cops and robbers” TV show I was watching said that it reminded me of one of the jobs my father held when I was young. He was an automobile mechanic in a garage, and I remember being in the building where the … Read More

That Guy

April 23, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

The car pulled into the crosswalk just as I stepped into the street; the driver glanced to their left, looking for oncoming cars, as they were trying to safely make a right turn at a red light. I’m sure that the driver saw me: I was in their direct line … Read More