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The Rockwood Files: That one room
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 […]
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Your next read: “Checked Out,” a novel
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 […]
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The Rockwood Files: Stupid money
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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The Rockwood Files: Scenes from a snow day
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Greetings from America’s Southern freezer. This is the first time I’ve written a column wearing gloves that cover everything but my fingertips, which must keep typing […]
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The Rockwood Files: The best friend check-in
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 If you opened my text messaging app and scrolled through it, there’s one question you’d see repeated over and over again, year after year, between me […]
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The Rockwood Files: Do I still have a job?
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 A few years ago, I did some freelance projects for an online agency that assigned writers to do work for business clients. Most of it was […]
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The Rockwood Files: Finder of lost things
By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago, I misplaced my wireless earbuds. I was so frustrated because I really try to keep track of them. They were expensive little […]
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Twas the Day After Christmas… a mama’s poem
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 […]
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The Rockwood Files: Ailing wise men and flaming angels
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 […]
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The Rockwood Files: Are we old enough for this bed?
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 […]