The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 For years I’ve said that the main reason I became a writer is because it’s my only marketable skill. Lucky for me, I’m nerdy enough to […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Wednesday will be a good day. Because by early afternoon, the kitchen and bathroom counters will be clean, the floors shiny and there’ll be fresh vacuum […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m beginning to think that, although our dog Charlie has been blessed with a super-powered Beagle nose, perhaps he didn’t get a great deal of Beagle […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 By this time next week, I’ll be sitting in a quiet house. The boys will have gone back to school and this time they’ll be taking […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I have a theory that check-out clerks know a lot about people. And they don’t have to read tea leaves to do it. That long receipt […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sweaty greetings from the middle of a heat wave. Today I took the kids to the pool for a swim lesson and waited by the water’s […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Early one morning as I was brushing my teeth, I heard clattering coming from the shower followed by my husband’s not-so-chipper morning voice. “Honey! Why are […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’ve performed my first successful surgery, and the patient is recovering nicely. I didn’t want to operate but I was the only one here when 8-year-old […]