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Author Biography
Rose Mary Clarke writes a weekly column about life experiences.
Rose Mary Clarke started writing columns for the Knightstown Banner when she was in high school. A graduate of Knightstown High School, Ball State and Indiana University, she taught French at Franklin Central High School and Howe High School. Her husband, daughter Victoria and she lived in Irvington for many years. She and Bill currently live in Warren Park.
She was a Realtor for over twenty years and returned to writing columns about twelve years ago. Her weekly column that also appears in the Weekly View is about life experiences — travel, nature, the arts and the funny/sad events of the past. She is an avid reader and enjoys writing, cooking and eating good food.
She has published a book of some of her columns that is called Ramblings: A Stroll Down Memory Lane with Henry David Thoreau.
Rose Mary Clarke passed away October 26, 2017.
Rose Mary Clarke’s Story Archive
Vive La France!
“At last I have come into a dreamland,” said Harriet Beecher Stowe after fleeing to Paris following the notoriety of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Thomas Jefferson, who lived in France while representing America during the Revolution, said, “Every man has two countries — his own and France.” David McCullough wrote a … Read More
The Wall of Words, Part 3
“Surrender to the treasures of books . . . Books keep stupidity at bay. And vain hopes . . .” — Literary apothecary, Jean Perdu Virlee wrote, “I have a ‘wall of words: 14 feet of space in the living room. There are also bookcases in all the other rooms except … Read More
Thanksgiving Every Day
Over the river and through the woods To Grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Through white and drifted snow . . . — Lydia Maria Childs,1844 Uh-oh. My mind tells me that we celebrated Thanksgiving just a couple of months ago, but the … Read More
A Wall of Words, Part 2
We dedicated readers talk books, relive books, luxuriate in books with a deep satisfaction. Reading is a compulsion with us: We have to read, need to read, cannot stop reading. If nothing else is available, we read the information on cereal boxes. That doesn’t mean that we don’t apply exacting … Read More
A Wall of Words
No wonder Alexander carried the Iliad with him in a precious casket. A written word is the choicest of relics . . . it is more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life itself, It may be translated into every language, … Read More