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Hi mamas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday. This poem, ‘Twas the Day After Christmas, is featured in the book, “Reporting Live from the Laundry Pile: The Rockwood Files Collection,” which you can find […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 ‘Twas the day before Christmas when I got a splinter in my eye that nearly ruined everything. I was 7 years old and all set to […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Well, we did it. We thought about it for a long time, but something always held us back – vanity, frugality, perhaps a desperate grip on […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 I’ve always been a “jeans girl,” and I still am. They’re a classic for a reason. But certain times in life require kinder, gentler clothing. And […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mom of 3 I’ve always been a “jeans girl,” and I still am. They’re a classic for a reason. But certain times in life require kinder, gentler […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mom of 3 If you’re a regular reader, you know that our dog Charlie has been in a years-long feud with a possum that often sits on […]

By Gwen Rockwood, Northwest Arkansas newspaper columnist and mom of 3 We should talk about that ugly, four-lettered F-word — fear. I’m not proud of it, but fear and I spend a lot of time […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 There are two types of people – people who like to dance and people who would rather have their eyebrows removed with a rotary sander.  […]