Article Archives: Senior Lifestyle

Other Realities

March 7, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

I’ve not been rambling on aimlessly about Downton Abbey. I’ve had a destination from the beginning, but irresistible stories keep coming in. Nicole Childre, friend Jean’s daughter, is devoted to the show. Unfortunately the reception of PBS on their TV is poor. Her professional photographer husband, Jeff, e-mailed a picture of … Read More

No Glitter, No Gold

February 28, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Evr’y morning, evr’y evening, Aint’ we got fun? Ain’t got much money, oh but honey, Ain’t we got fun? Times are bum and getting bummer Still we have fun There’s nothing surer That the rich get richer And the poor get children. In the meantime, in between times, Ain’t we … Read More

All That Glitters is Not Gold

February 21, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

The “Gilded Age” of the 1890’s was an era of rapacious greed and obscene affluence. I see similarities with today when money — whether gained legally or illegally — is the primary focus for some people. Super-rich New Yorkers who built summer “cottages” in Newport, Rhode Island, make today’s rich … Read More

Lives That I Shall Never Live

February 14, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Books give us entrée into the lives of others. I wouldn’t want to live like Anne la Bastille, the author of Woodswoman, who lived all alone in an isolated, tiny log cabin in the Adirondacks without electricity or modern plumbing. She had to haul water from the lake and chop … Read More

Sunrise . . . Sunset

February 7, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears — Bock & Harnick, “Fiddler on the Roof” Sun Diary: This morning is one of those rare days when I stand midway between the Alpha and Omega — the beginning and the end … Read More