The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 On the morning I turned 45 last month, Tom gave me a gift right after I dropped the kids off at school. Waiting for me on […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 In an ironic twist, it turns out that the hardest thing to do is one thing at a time. I’ve returned from a writing conference where […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I saw something the other day, and I’m still trying to decide if it’s cool or creepy – or both. Perhaps you can be the judge. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today was the first day of spring but no one told the sun. It was an overcast day whipped around by a cold wind, so I […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 The night before I turned 16, I was so excited I could barely sleep. I knew that when I woke up the next morning and got […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Here’s a little fact I didn’t know until today. Puppies – like the one we brought home last summer – turn into “canine teenagers.” It can […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I told my dad, for what is probably the 20th time, that the reason he’s having trouble talking is because he had a stroke. It […]

Today I confess a secret I’ve kept for more than two decades. In 1991, when I was co-editor of my high school yearbook, I rigged an election – sort of. Here’s what happened. As one […]