The Rockwood Files: The name game
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 […]
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 […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Only three days after clocks sprang forward, I watched snow fall outside our living room window. It was March 15th. Four days before the official […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 There are chirping sounds outside my office window today, and I bet this visiting bird is doing a countdown to the first day of spring. […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Press zero. I still try it when I call a business and a recorded voice answers. It used to help me skip the recorded blah-blah […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Have you ever watched someone watching TV? I used to do it when I was a kid because my dad was nearly as entertaining as whatever […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mom of 3 About a week ago, I got a text from a close friend saying she was embarrassed that I saw her sunroom in its current […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and Northwest Arkansas mama of 3 I made you something. It took years, and I almost gave up. But I finally finished, wrapped it in a yellow cover, and put […]
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 What would you do if you had “stupid money”? That’s one of the questions I asked my three best friends from high school during our recent […]
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