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By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a theory that check-out clerks know a lot about people. And they don’t have to read tea leaves to do it. That long receipt […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sweaty greetings from the middle of a heat wave. Today I took the kids to the pool for a swim lesson and waited by the water’s […]

By Carrie Perrien Smith Food allergies and sensitivities are a major inconvenience for me. But I’m lucky to know I have them. Thousands of people wander through life with no idea that is their problem. […]

By Shannon Magsam Ten thousand steps. That’s the number of steps you should take every day to be really healthy, according to fit friends’ comments and the booklet that came with my new fancy pedometer. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Early one morning as I was brushing my teeth, I heard clattering coming from the shower followed by my husband’s not-so-chipper morning voice. “Honey! Why are […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve performed my first successful surgery, and the patient is recovering nicely. I didn’t want to operate but I was the only one here when 8-year-old […]

By Carrie Perrien Smith It’s an election year. Most of us are armchair politicians if we bother to pay attention. Only about twenty percent of us even bother to vote if we are registered at […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I’m making good on my word. Our 4-year-old cat Percy, who was named for her persistence, is sprawled out across my desk, serving as a […]