Article Archives: Senior Lifestyle

The Seasons of Our Growing Up

June 25, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

This isn’t just an attack of nostalgia. It illustrates the differences between the lives of children then and now. The changing seasons determined our activities. On a warm day of Spring, Wanda Frazier and I would get out our steel, ball-bearing sidewalk skates, and use a key that we wore … Read More

Friends Forever: Wanda

June 18, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

“As our past led us to the future, our present leads us to the past. Friends are the weavers of the treasures in the trunks stored in our mental attics.” My niece, Barbara Gard, sent the above about my column “There’s No Friend Like an Old Friend.” While I was … Read More

There’s No Friend Like an Old Friend!

June 11, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

John Board called recently. “I wanted to make sure that you’re OK after not receiving answers to e-mails.” “I’m fine, but I didn’t get your e-mails. I’ll check my computer to see what’s wrong.” How heartwarming it was that John called. He was my closest friend at Ball State. Both … Read More

Hair Stories

June 4, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The woes of hair — or lack thereof — are shared by many. I was blessed — cursed? — with naturally curly hair that Vicki inherited. However, she has a section in the front that’s straight. She mentioned that she might get a little perm in that one section. I … Read More

In Memoriam

May 21, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The trunk in my mental attic has many memories of Memorial Day. It was commonly called Decoration Day because people put flowers on the graves of the deceased. It was a big deal to my elders’ generation. Mother and our dear neighbor, Gertrude Scovell, worried that their pineys (peonies) and … Read More