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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
Up Close and Personal With Nature, Part 2
When we were in our thirties I had the brilliant idea of backpacking in the Tetons where we had hiked before, and adventurous Bill went along with it. We thought that we were in pretty good shape and never even gave the altitude a thought. We should have. Indianapolis is … Read More
Up Close and Personal With Nature, Part 1
When people respond to my writing it makes me feel more connected. Recently I’ve received several responses, including this one from Brad Gard: “My friend and I drove part way up Mt. Washington, but chickened out before reaching the top. The road got narrower and narrower without a guard rail … Read More
Above the Clouds: Journey to Sky Island, Part 3
r. David Stuhldreher said that the trek up Mount Kilimanjaro was the hardest thing he’s ever done. Sometimes I wonder why people subject themselves to such ordeals. George Mallory wrote about Mount Everest: If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this … Read More
Above the Clouds: Journey to Sky Island
Far away places with strange soundin’ names Far away over the sea Those faraway places with the strange soundin’ names Are callin’, callin’ me . . . They call me a dreamer, well, maybe I am But I know that I’m burnin’ to see Those faraway places with the strange … Read More
Above the Clouds: Journey to Sky Island
Oh, the places I would visit had I the money, the physical strength and the time! Certain words conjure up visions of adventure in exotic places: the Taj Mahal, Tahiti, Timbuktu, the Matterhorn, Bora Bora, Everest, the Valley of the Kings, Stonehenge, Lake Titicaca, Galapagos, the Adirondacks, Easter Island, Katmandu, … Read More