The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Our two dogs are blissfully unaware of how horrible the news is these days. I’m glad they don’t know. We need them to be happy right […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 This morning the kids went back to school – the digital kind. But we shortened the regular morning routine. They insisted they didn’t need to get […]

  By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It’s getting ugly over here – literally. An irregular showering schedule is one of the unexpected side effects of staying at home to wait out […]

Right now, introverts and homebodies all over the globe are feeling a little guilty. Over the years, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve thought to myself, “I just wish we had a […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I read and watch a lot news coverage (sometimes too much), so I have a growing sense of unease that has me clutching my bottle of […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last night I met my friend Shannon for dinner at a restaurant we’ve been to so often over the past 12 years that we probably know […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 One day this week I watched a news recap of the presidential political debate. The news commentators called it “messy,” with a lot of chaos and […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a hangover. A bad one. But it’s not the kind that follows a night with too many cocktails. It’s a flu hangover, and it’s […]