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The Rockwood Files: So many channels, so little to watch

09/23/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I miss the writers. The Writers Guild of America went on strike in early May, and it has been a creative wasteland on television ever since. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Snails on a sugar rush

09/16/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I only remember a little about being 7 years old. I remember my second-grade teacher’s name was Mrs. Wood, and she had beautiful dark hair and […]

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The Rockwood Files: If you’re “smappy” and you know it

09/09/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Pop… pop… pop. I’m sitting at my desk, methodically squeezing the sheet of bubble wrap I plucked from an Amazon box. My office door is closed […]

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The Rockwood Files: Road trip retrospective

09/02/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My family of five (plus one large dog) made it home last week after a 14-hour road trip to the coast of beautiful South Carolina. Fourteen […]

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The Rockwood Files: One night, two stress dreams

08/19/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night, my 16-year-old daughter and I had a “stress dream.” Do you have them, too? If not, you’re lucky. Most people have repetitive dreams when […]

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The Rockwood Files: Heat Dome Revelation

08/12/2023 nwamamas

  By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Greetings from under the heat dome, where the air is thick, and we’re all damp in unpleasant places. There’s no convenient time to be in […]

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The Rockwood Files: The Infamous Warren

08/05/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Warren. That was his name. I didn’t know him, but I knew he was a bad kid. He was getting busted by our teacher every day. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Riptides, sharks, and crocodiles — oh my!

07/29/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom and I had plenty of reasons not to plan a trip this summer – too many crowds, too expensive, too hot, too tiring. But after […]

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The Rockwood Files: When they won’t stop barking

07/22/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Noise pollution was a problem at our house. The culprits? The treat-eating, hair-shedding, tail-wagging family members who press their black noses against the front windows for […]

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The Rockwood Files: A kinder, gentler Covid

07/15/2023 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week, I told you how my mom restlessly vacuumed her way through a bout of Covid. I also mentioned I was stuck in the “incubation […]

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