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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
Explorations Along the Journey
As you set out for Ithaca hope that your road is a long one, full of adventures, full of discovery . . . Hope your road is a long one . . . May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbors you’re seeing … Read More
Explorations
Rather than relying on my unreliable memory, I should have looked up Daniel Day Lewis who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Lincoln. I wrote that he starred in No Country for Old Men. Not so, he starred in the equally gruesome There Will Be Blood, according to an … Read More
Other Realities
On the last day of February, we saw the first harbinger of spring, a robin. Also, we were pleased when a pair of blue jays arrived to steal Squirrelie’s peanuts. During the West Nile epidemic, our jays disappeared, and we missed them. “Jay, jay, jay!” they shrieked when we raised … Read More
Other Realities
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
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