BOTTOM LINE: Maine visits Fairleigh Dickinson after Olivia Rockwood scored 20 points in Maine's 96-39 victory against the Bates College Bobcats. The Knights are 4-0 in home games. Fairleigh Dickinson ...

Gwen Rockwood is a syndicated freelance columnist. Email her at gwenrockwood5@gmail.com. This column was originally published in 2005.

Not a creature was resting, not even a mouse. Crumpled paper and boxes were heaped by the door in hopes that the trash men might take a little more. The children were running and jumping with glee ...

Family game nights are the on-ramp to Christmas, and they've become one of my favorite parts of December ... Merry Christmas. Gwen Rockwood is a syndicated freelance columnist.