The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m a self-proclaimed nerd. Always have been. And one of the things most of us nerds have in common is a love of trivia. But trivia […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m a rule follower. Always have been. I’m that person who – upon counting items in her shopping cart – sees that there are 16 items […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When you live next to a wooded lot, you also live next to critters – lots of them. Over the years we’ve seen deer, chipmunks, mice, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Some say life is a complicated journey, but, for the most part, it can be categorized by the type of mail you get. At any given […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.” […]