Article Archives: Words with Woods

Politically Decent

February 13, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

At a gathering in his home, a man I know made an inquiry about a woman I know; after a brief hesitation, he murmured that his comment might not be “politically correct,” then referred to the woman by using a pejorative term. I chuckled in what I hoped was a … Read More

Nuclear

February 6, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I read a recent article that reported that an Indiana state senator had introduced a bill to encourage utilities to develop sources of nuclear energy, and I thought, “Yee-ha: here come the locusts.” I flashed back to the early 80s, and my own “year of living nuclear.” I was a … Read More

Company Man

January 30, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

One year in St. Louis Missouri, I worked seven days a week in the advertising department of a company, for seven months straight. Those months and days included two national holidays, and my two young children went to work with me Saturdays, Sundays, and those two holidays. My business card … Read More

Do Not Attempt

January 23, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

In a conversation with my eldest about snowing, snow and school closings, she said that she heard the sound of her parents fly out of her mouth when she barked at someone, “School’s CLOSED? This is not snow, people!” As she grumbled along, remembering how few times she had missed … Read More

Do One Thing

January 16, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

I visited my friend Lisa in Clearwater Beach one year during October; a storm had just passed and we were walking on the beach in the late evening. She stopped to examine conch shells — she called them “warrior conchs,” but I think the proper designation is “fighting conch” — … Read More