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The Rockwood Files

Essays about life by Motherlode Mama Gwen

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The Rockwood Files: Life lessons from my mum

10/12/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The last time Tom and I went to a home improvement store, we bought a container of yellow mums in the garden department. The official start […]

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The Rockwood Files: Middle-aged mama can’t spin

10/05/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last weekend we loaded up the SUV and drove to Dallas to attend one of the loveliest weddings I’ve ever seen. Our niece Abbey and her […]

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The Rockwood Files: Would you go back in time?

09/21/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve got good news and bad news. In March, an international team of scientists conducted an experiment showing that time reversal is possible. But before you […]

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The Rockwood Files: When the presses stopped

09/14/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Because you’re readers like me, I know you’ll understand how I felt when I saw this headline in last week’s paper: “Stuttgart, Helena newspapers to close.” […]

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The Rockwood Files: Terms and conditions

09/07/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Tom and I met for lunch today and traded the usual “How’s work going?” stories. As an account manager, his work woes are mostly about corporate […]

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The Rockwood Files: Life in the slow lane

08/31/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 From the unscientific research I’ve done, I believe every family probably has one – the turtle, the snail, the slowpoke. Do you have one? Or maybe […]

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The Rockwood Files: The last first day of school

08/24/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last week I forgot to do something – a thing I haven’t forgotten to do for the past 12 years in a row. On the first […]

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The Rockwood Files: Try everything

08/17/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 As a humor columnist, my job would be easier if I stopped reading and watching the news. Some weeks aren’t funny. This is one of them. […]

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The Rockwood Files: Book binge

08/10/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I read the last page of a book last night, which is good because maybe now I’ll catch up on the sleep I’ve missed while reading […]

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The Rockwood Files: We need to talk

08/03/2019 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Last Sunday, I returned home from a 3-day trip with our 17-year-old son to visit a college campus. Tom stayed home with our other two kids […]

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