The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We have a new “pet” in the family. It doesn’t eat. Doesn’t ever need a vet appointment. It can do lots of cool tricks. And here’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 About 17 years ago, my husband Tom did a wonderful thing. For our third wedding anniversary, he booked a massage for me at a local spa. […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Since late March, we’ve been building a small guest home attached to the back of our house. After five months and a few frustration-fueled meltdowns, it’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It feels good to be home. Even though we’ve technically been home all along, it hasn’t felt that way during the past few months of home […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Warren. That was his name. I didn’t know who he was, but I knew he was a very, very bad kid. Sometimes I wondered what kinds […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 It happened again. Charlie, the 6-year-old Beagle whose mission in life is to make me a crazy person, escaped the fence at dusk yesterday. As previously […]

A long-awaited day has finally come. As a woman who has spent the past 5 years driving her offspring to two and then three different schools during rush-hour traffic, I’m thrilled to report that the […]

I’m typing this week’s column with my laptop perched precariously on an ironing board in my bedroom. My door is shut in a futile attempt to keep out the thunderous noises happening downstairs, which no […]