Article Archives: Words with Woods

Thanks, Ben

November 6, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was on a sunny stroll down a street in my micro-hood when I saw a woman with a clipboard in front of me. As I passed her, she nodded and smiled at me, then ticked a box on the paper on the clipboard. That was when I heard a … Read More

Wake Up Everybody

October 30, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

There is so much hatred, war and poverty.. –Wake Up Everybody The Heartland Film Festival gave me an opportunity to sample an eclectic selection of fine films, including “Drunktown’s Finest,” an examination of Native-American lives and stereotypes; “Amira and Sam,” which writer/director Sean Mullin accurately described as “a love story … Read More

A Clean Place, With Light and Pool Tables

October 23, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was walking home from work one day when I glimpsed something interesting in the window of a bar. I lived four blocks north of the bar, and my job was four blocks south of it. I had walked past the bar for a couple of years without ever noticing … Read More

Bee Aware

October 16, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I was admiring my landlord’s 1950 Hudson Super 8 one sunny afternoon, taking pictures of the car and talking to him and my neighbor about cars and life. The car was parked just off the graveled roundabout in front of my apartment building, and clear of two great trees on … Read More

History and Mystery

October 9, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I climbed the steps leading away from the light-rail station onto the street above it; a woman bounded up the steps behind me and at the top, asked for directions to a street. I pointed her in the right direction and she startled me by asking, “Do you want to … Read More