The Rockwood Files

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]