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By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Here’s a transcript of a conversation I had last week with the software robot, Alexa, who lives in our kitchen. Me (eating breakfast and looking […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 “I forgot how nice it is to be able to walk all the way around my bed,” he said. “And it doesn’t matter when I need […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Today I ordered a chicken wrap from a server while sitting poolside at a Las Vegas hotel. She was so polite, so professional. Oh, and I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 I watch for great quotes the way kids hunt Easter eggs, eagerly peering around every corner in case a good one is nestled nearby. It’s one […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Sometimes all you need to get something done — especially something you’re dreading — is another warm body. If you arrange to do that boring, hard […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 In Dale Carnegie’s famous book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” he wrote that you should use a person’s name when you’re talking to them […]

Weird things land in my email inbox, and then I know things I never wanted to know. I see things I can’t forget. And because I can’t get it out of my head, I end […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Evenings should be easy. Don’t we all want to coast to a gentle landing at the end of a busy day? But lately it’s taking longer […]