The Rockwood Files

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 […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Once every five years or so, we get a new television. Sometimes it’s because we actually need one – like that summer when a lightning strike […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 My favorite character of all time isn’t in a literary novel, a blockbuster movie or a TV show. He is, in fact, a cartoon beagle named […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning, I stirred the white powder into a steaming mug of Earl Gray tea, watching it scatter and swirl like a freshly shaken snow globe […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I like January. I think most mothers do. Sure, it’s the dead of winter and it gets dark ridiculously early, but January has one big thing […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re not feeling delightful this December — often called “the most wonderful time of the year” – you’re not alone. It’s been a hard year […]