The Rockwood Files

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When I was growing up, we went to my grandparents’ little house in the country every Sunday for lunch. After lunch, I’d wander outside to visit […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I did it again this morning – flopped my arm out onto the nightstand, reaching blindly for the alarm clock and the big button on the […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 We thought it was over. Three months ago, I wrote about a squirrel invasion in our garage and the two-week battle my husband waged against them […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Right now I’m wondering what in the heck I was thinking when I agreed to this. A few days ago, while having a wonderful lunch at […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 A few weeks ago I went to a video game store to trade in some of the old games the kids don’t play with anymore. The […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 If you’re looking for one of those peppy New Year’s blog posts, click to a new page now before I disappoint you. I just don’t have […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Today I’m doing something I’ve always wanted to try but never had the opportunity to do before now. I’m writing my column from an exotic location, […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 ‘Twas the day before Christmas when I got a splinter in my eye that nearly ruined everything. I was 7 years old and all set to […]