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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
Critters — The Last Act
A man of kindness, to his beast is kind. Brutal actions show a brutal mind. Remember, He who made the brute, Who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute; He can’t complain; but God’s omniscient eye Beholds thy cruelty. He hears his cry. He was destined thy servant and … Read More
For Lo, The Winter is Past
Or is it? Eek! They’re predicting snow! T. S. Eliot started “The Wasteland” with “April is the cruelest month.” I understand what he meant. From the time I was young, I often become restless and have a sense of aloneness when spring appears. Sometimes I feel like a butterfly beating … Read More
Critters! — Co-Authored by Ms. Kalico Kitty, Part 3
ACT 2, SCENE 1, Friday: Enter a blankety-blank, @!%#@%#&, stupid, mongrel d-o-g. Expletives that cannot be published in this newspaper and editorial comment supplied by co-author, Ms Kalico Kitty who refuses even to utter the word “dog.” “Furthermore,” she predicted, “No good will come of this. Why ever would my … Read More
Critters! — Co-Authored by Ms. Kalico Kitty
All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful— The Lord God made them all. The Scottish veterinarian, James Herriot, chose these lines from a hymn for the titles of his books that are full of humorous and poignant stories about his life, the … Read More
More Thoughts on a Snowy Day
I love the beauty of Marcel Proust’s writing. In his masterwork, In Search of Lost Time, he described the ineffable pleasure that he experienced in present time when he sipped a teaspoon of tea in which he had soaked a morsel of a madeleine cookie as had happened in past … Read More