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By Shannon Magsam We went to a restaurant on Saturday and I requested the Kids Eat Free menu. And while the kids’ meal was being delivered to our table, I almost choked on my Diet […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I am a geek. Always have been. But now it’s easy – and almost cool – to admit it. Twenty-five years ago? Not so much. Back […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Remember the story of Narcissus? He’s the main character in a Greek myth about a man so entranced by his own good looks that he pines […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes I feel like I’m being bullied in my own home – by the pets. I’m bigger than they are, so how is it that they […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re feeling a little distracted and loopy lately, the culprit might just be – get this – loops. Specifically? Open loops. An “open loop” is […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It was the summer of 1980 and the open field next to our house was overgrown with tall grass nearly waist-high. Then one day papers blew […]

By Shannon Magsam I picked up the phone to call my husband. To vent. I’d been to the dentist and I really needed to get a crown — plus I was reminded that I really […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In a few weeks it will officially be fall, which means I can stop making excuses for why I can’t go camping. I realize there are […]