Article Archives: Words with Woods

Implied Profanities

July 24, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

A professor of English at Indiana University Southeast once commented to his class that the use of profanity showed a lack of skill and acquaintance with the English language. I’m sure that I was not the only student who quietly snickered at that, though I was the oldest in that … Read More

Goodbye, and Good Luck

July 17, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

When I moved to Irvington in May 2013, I had been at least two years away from the primary care physician that had attended to me when I lived in St Louis Missouri. I cannot remember the sequence of events that prompted me to find a PCP in Indianapolis, but … Read More

The Box Man

July 10, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

In my house there are few rooms, and many boxes. (Sorry, John.) At some point in my life, I became enamored of boxes, so much so that I have added them to the list of things that my children will wonder about after I’m gone: “Why did Dad have this … Read More

The Rockets’ Red Glare

July 3, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

The administrator of a neighborhood page on a social media site recently posted a time-weary warning on the page. I’ll not quote it here, but the gist of it was that the members of the group should get a grip: July 4th, 2025, is coming soon, and fireworks will be … Read More

Barefootin’

June 26, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

On June 3rd, 2025, my neighbor and I walked around the block, looking for the fire trucks that we had seen. The trucks had just passed the “hot corner” intersection of East St Joseph Street and North Hawthorne Lane; the sirens were not blaring, but a bright red spiral of … Read More