The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 You know how people say you shouldn’t make big decisions after highly emotional events? Because you might not be thinking clearly? Or it might be a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When Tom and I were newly married more than 20 years ago, we became friends with a couple named Jim and Barbara. They were older than […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Food. I love it. I hate it. I hate how much I love it. Now that I’m staring middle-age square in the eye, food feels so […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Like most writers, I have a dance partner whose name is Procrastination. I hate his guts. What a slacker. And yet we keep on dancing. We […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I was a kid, one of my favorite summer outings was to a swim park called Willow Springs. It was a man-made lake full of […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got hit on at the gas station last week. But it didn’t boost my middle-aged, mother-of-three ego because this particular pass didn’t come from a […]

Dear smartphone, You gave me a real scare yesterday. When I took you into the Apple repair shop, I figured some teenage tech wizard would wave a wand and fix the weird glitch you’ve had […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 With less than two weeks to go before school starts again, kids have never been more interested in teachers than they are right now. They’re practically […]