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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
Survival Down in the Trenches
Last week I wrote about Valentines Day and the plight of the fictional character, Bridget, who worries about whether or not she’ll get a valentine. Thankfully, a man in whom she is interested does send her a card, and thus a romance begins. The orgy of cards, gifts and fancy … Read More
Valentine — 2017
Let me call you “Sweetheart,” I’m in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep the love-light glowing in your eyes so true. Let me call you “Sweetheart,” I’m in love with you. I wonder how many million times this old song that was … Read More
Now, In My Day . . .
Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we’ve left behind. We blink, and they’re gone . . . We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. … Read More
Ms. Kitty Pusscatkin and Lilydog — Conclusion
“Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.” Kitty eats only frequent snacks of her cat chow. Lily gobbles her kibbles with a couple of slurps. She lies at the entrance to the kitchen, hoping for a crumb to fall. I say that she vacuums the kitchen, then mops it. One day … Read More
The Further Adventures of Pusscatkin and Lilydog
All things bright and beautiful— All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all. James Herriot used this hymn as the titles of his delightful books about his life as a veterinarian in Yorkshire. As I wrote last week, Ms. Kitty absolutely detests … Read More