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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
Celebration, Come On!
Celebrate good times, come on! (Let’s celebrate) Celebrate good times, come on! There’s a party goin’ on right here A celebration to last throughout the years We gonna celebrate your party with you — Kool and the Gang Vicki, Tom and we attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Bill’s … Read More
The Sea Tells Many Stories – Part 4
Above me it is beautiful. Below me it is beautiful. All around me it is beautiful. Listen to the quiet power of beauty. — Words from a Navajo prayer I cannot have too much beauty in my life. From sea to shining sea, from Glacier National Park to the Grand … Read More
The Sea Tells Many Stories, Part 3
Chris and Tony took diving lessons in Cincinnati and drove up to Gloucester where they were taken out to a wreck. It was only the bottom of a ship, but they were fascinated by lobsters swimming around and a colony of crabs on a rock. They wanted to taste lobster, … Read More
The Sea Tells Many Stories – Continued
As happens with life, I’m out of the loop these days, but I feel more in touch when I encounter readers or when they write to me because of common interests or a sense of connectivity. Neil, a member of the houseboat crew when we used to go to Lake … Read More