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The Rockwood Files: Microwave obituary

04/12/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The Rockwood family microwave, affectionately called “Mike,” died suddenly in the home on August 6, 2015 while attempting to reheat day-old pizza. It was 10 years […]

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The Rockwood Files: Let them sing

04/05/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Let me set the scene. We were at a restaurant with the whole family, including my mom, all three of our college kids, plus two roommates […]

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The Rockwood Files: Tom Cruise made me do it

03/29/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve learned a lesson this week, and here it is: Sometimes, it’s okay to lower your standards. For the 26 years we’ve been married, I’ve told […]

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The Rockwood Files: The numbers are adding up

03/22/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband and I were born five years and two days apart in March. Since it’s birthday season again, here are 52 things I’ve noticed about […]

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The Rockwood Files: Mother of lefties

03/15/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When our three college kids are home for a visit and we go out to eat, we follow a protocol. We usually ask for a big […]

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The Rockwood Files: Car twins

03/08/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are more than 283 million cars in use in the United States. Inside that gigantic number are more than 60 car makers and 1,200 different […]

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The Rockwood Files: Creative constipation?

03/01/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The closest I’ve ever come to getting into a physical fight happened when I was five. I sat at a round table coloring pictures alongside a […]

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The Rockwood Files: Confessions of an unromantic wife

02/22/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My husband Tom once accused me of being unromantic. As much as I hate to admit it, I think he might be right. It’s ironic, too, […]

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The Rockwood Files: A battle for the aged

02/15/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The first backyard skirmish between Charlie and Pete happened five years ago on a night with a full moon. Charlie is our beloved beagle mutt who […]

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The Rockwood Files: What’s the word, hummingbird?

02/01/2025 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Words are hard – much harder than they used to be. It’s a symptom of middle age I hadn’t heard about until it started happening to […]

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