The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Sometimes all you need to get something done — especially something you’re dreading — is another warm body. If you arrange to do that boring, hard […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 In Dale Carnegie’s famous book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” he wrote that you should use a person’s name when you’re talking to them […]

Weird things land in my email inbox, and then I know things I never wanted to know. I see things I can’t forget. And because I can’t get it out of my head, I end […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Evenings should be easy. Don’t we all want to coast to a gentle landing at the end of a busy day? But lately it’s taking longer […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Only three days after clocks sprang forward, I watched snow fall outside our living room window. It was March 15th. Four days before the official […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 There are chirping sounds outside my office window today, and I bet this visiting bird is doing a countdown to the first day of spring. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3 Press zero. I still try it when I call a business and a recorded voice answers. It used to help me skip the recorded blah-blah […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mom of 3 Have you ever watched someone watching TV? I used to do it when I was a kid because my dad was nearly as entertaining as whatever […]