Article Archives: Words with Woods

Did You Feel That?

August 24, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

At about 6:00 a.m. on February 9th, 1971, I was awakened by the violent shaking of my bed. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen, where I saw my bride’s ceramic trinkets dancing across the top of the refrigerator and dropping onto the floor. Our apartment was rumbling with … Read More

Conviviality

August 17, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

While searching for a house in Southern Indiana, I stumbled upon some new construction in Clarksville, Indiana. I had moved from Madera, California with my job as a loan office manager for a small loan company and was looking for a place to settle into with my bride and 5-year-old … Read More

The Story of The Tops

August 10, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

No: This is not about Levi, Duke, Obie, and Lawrence, the “Four Tops” of R&B fame. This is about the two toilet tops. My youngest granddaughter, five years old, climbs from the toilet seat, rearranges her clothing, and looks at me: “Put the top down?” I nod, and she does, … Read More

Friends

August 3, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

This column first appeared in May 2022. “You have good friends,” my mother said to me, shortly before she died. She was in a hospice in Maryland, and I had traveled from St Louis Missouri to visit her. On that day, our reminiscences were specifically about one of my friends … Read More

The Hot Corner (Part Two)

July 27, 2023 | by CJ Woods III

On July 9 of this year, “CBS Sunday Morning” aired a segment about pedestrian deaths by automobile. I had already started my rant about the careless and dangerous attitude shown toward the 4-way stop signs on the corner outside my house (“The Hot Corner,” The Weekly View, July 19th, 2023.) … Read More