The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Once every six weeks or so, a woman has a certain window of opportunity that makes her feel as if she’s on the verge of greatness […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Have you ever woken up in the morning remembering snippets of a dream that make you wonder what’s wrong with your brain? Would a normal brain […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m a self-proclaimed nerd. Always have been. And one of the things most of us nerds have in common is a love of trivia. But trivia […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m a rule follower. Always have been. I’m that person who – upon counting items in her shopping cart – sees that there are 16 items […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When you live next to a wooded lot, you also live next to critters – lots of them. Over the years we’ve seen deer, chipmunks, mice, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Some say life is a complicated journey, but, for the most part, it can be categorized by the type of mail you get. At any given […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Thirty-four. That’s the number I counted while standing in the shower. As hot water rained down on my hair, I scanned the corner-mounted shower shelves and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The last time Tom and I went to a home improvement store, we bought a container of yellow mums in the garden department. The official start […]