Article Archives: Words with Woods

A Swift Connection

My friend deposited me at the bar of our favorite cidery and left to attend her prior engagement at a bourbon tasting. Paula Nicewanger, co-owner of this publication, told me that she would pick me up after the tasting had ended. I walked into the cidery and the was told … Read More

A Day In The Line

“I read the news today, oh boy…” In the October 28th, 2022, issue of the Weekly View, I wrote “A Day In The Life,” an acknowledgement of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s song, which was covered by one of my favorite jazz guitarists, Indianapolis native Wes Montgomery. I thought of … Read More

Vote

This column first appeared on April 29, 2016. My grandchildren were somewhere in the overhead tubes at the Great Wolf Water Park in the Poconos of Pennsylvania when I took advantage of an opportunity to have a beer. My first bride was shepherding our grandbeauties through a gushing, twisting thrill-ride, … Read More

The Owls Of Irvington

Approximately 30% of all new cancer diagnoses in women will be breast cancer. A couple of years ago, my next-door neighbor sent me a text, asking that I listen for the owl that was hooting in a tree somewhere close by. My neighbor and I live close to Ellenberger Park, … Read More

Take 33: Clap

An estimated 42,250 U.S. women will die from breast cancer in 2024. – National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. One of the most recognizable tools in filmmaking, even to non-filmmakers, is a piece of translucent acrylic attached to two wooden sticks. Someone shoves this device in front of the camera and … Read More