Article Archives: Words with Woods

Stranger Danger

February 12, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I got a call from a friend and I told her that I was eager to see her child. I have not seen her since her son’s birth, but I troll her “Crackbook” page for images of the little man. I said to her that I had been thinking of … Read More

Even You

February 5, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

Early in 1972, five men gathered in a small business office in Culver City, California listened as a senior vice president explained the company’s position on a legal issue. The SVP explained to the assembled men that the corporation, a nationwide small loan company, had been sued by the federal … Read More

Ice, Ice Baby

January 29, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I missed a call from my first bride, who had recorded 6 seconds of silence. My “old school” attitude toward 21st century cell phone etiquette is this: I do not return missed calls unless there is a message. In the meantime, I watched the news and saw cars sliding and … Read More

Draw

January 22, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

On January 10th, I went with a friend to the opening reception of “Artville” at the Stutz Art Gallery. Impressed and excited, I felt, once again, that I should sit down at my antique drawing board and draw. I am not one who looks at another’s work and thinks, “I … Read More

Snowfall On The Cedar

January 15, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

In October 2013 a woman walked up the drive that leads to my apartment building. She was being neighborly, introduced herself and told me that streets were to be blocked off by the Irvington Halloween Festival. She said that she lived in the house behind “the big cedar.” I didn’t … Read More