The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ll admit I still don’t understand people who “love to be scared.” I try to wrap my head around it because my three teenagers feel that […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m never going to be an expert. I’ve accepted it. The three things I spend the most time doing – being a wife, a mom and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m writing today’s column on a laptop wedged between my belly button and the steering wheel. It’s not the first and won’t be the last time […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I got a late start today. I’d blame the alarm app on my phone, but that one went off on time. It’s the hairy alarm clock […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 “Ah, there you are.” Last night’s thunderstorm brought rumbles of his arrival. I went to sleep hoping for the long-awaited return. Like a sweetheart coming home […]

When I was a kid, our family had this old Zenith television that got glitchy on occasion. It would sometimes roll the picture or show nothing but black and white snow, and it had a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There’s one piece of furniture I adore and will probably never own. Every time I spot one in the background of a television show, my heart […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m writing today’s column on a Tuesday that feels like Monday. We just finished a glorious Labor Day weekend with plenty of one of my favorite […]