Article Archives: Senior Lifestyle

It’s That Time of the Year Again!

August 10, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Eric Cox, publisher of the “Knightstown Banner,” recently wrote essays about 4-H that set me to rummaging through the trunks in my mental attic where all of my experiences and snapshots of the past are stored. 4-H shaped my summers. In addition to developing some basic skills, we went on … Read More

I’m Still Learning to Live — July 2017

August 3, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Drink deeply of this life, my friend. Don’t sip to make it last in fear of running out. The waiter keeps coming by, refilling our glasses. Drink deeply of who you are, the magnificent happening of you. Drain the glass. Take big swigs of this day, swish it around in … Read More

The Circle of Life

July 27, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

To me, life is not a straight line. It’s circular and wheels back upon itself. I’ll be peacefully going along . . . going along . . . going along on my customary path, pretty much living in today, when “Pop!” I’m catapulted into a synthesis of my distant past, … Read More

What Time Is It?

July 20, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Morning is when I’m awake and there is a dawn in me . . . To be awake is to be alive . . . We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. — Henry David Thoreau, … Read More

July 4, 2017, Part 2

July 13, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! — William Wordsworth Oh dear! It seems as if Christmas were only a few weeks ago, and it’s already July 5 as I write this. There’s a trunk in … Read More