Article Archives: Words with Woods

I am “The People”

October 6, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In March of this year, after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senator Mitch McConnell said that he believed that the senate should “(g)ive the people a voice in the filling of this vacancy.” … Read More

It’s a Pink Thing

September 28, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

Once again, a pool player asked me, “Why do you have so many pink things?” I’d been asked the question before and wrote a column about my answer, but this time, my reply to the man was partially dishonest. I told him that my mother, aunt, and two best friends … Read More

Bird Man of Indianapolis

September 22, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

One day, Wes Homoya came out of the magical regions of Ash & Elm — the near Eastside cider house — just after a small child and a grown man had spotted what one presumed to be a bat, and the other, a bird. The kid had “bat” but I … Read More

Musical Acceptance

September 15, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

“Your Dad has some interesting music on his iPod.” This was an apparently ironic statement made to my daughter by my son-in-love, a fan of old-school R&B, hip-hop, rap and Nickelback. After a visit to my Grandchild Delivery Device and her posse, I discovered that I had left my iPod … Read More

Human

September 8, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

A professor at Indiana University Southeast went on a mild-mannered rant one day, his attitude sharpened by a comment he had overheard in the hallway. “Have a nice day,” he repeated to my class of English students. “With all of the great poems and speeches available to us, the best … Read More