Clare Graith

Keeping my ‘Shop’ Together

July 1, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE #7 July 2025 What makes me a whole person isn’t, that I’m solid through and through, feet firmly on the ground of completeness. It is, that all the fragments of me, come together every day, in the shape of a person. Like. Comment. Subscribe. If you quote me, “quote” me. I write books.…
What’s Love Got to Do With It?

June 27, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE – #6 June 27 I am miserly with my love. Really. I know I’m not alone in that statement. Someone has to meet many requirements, For me to stick with it and call it love. Lasting love. The kind that overlooks flaws and failures, Sees only someone to support, comfort, Allowed to take…
Generational Preppers

June 11, 2025

They stood. Dusted, oiled, ready. The ink ribbon of the typewriter, The sewing machine with its feet shaped pedals, Reams of paper, bolts of cloth. “What’s this?” “Oh, that’s for candle making.” “And this?” “It twists newspaper into logs.” “Do we need this whole set of books?” “It’s about gardening, foraging, cooking from nature…
The Philosophy of Light

June 4, 2025

“A lighted path is a wonderful help.” “Yes, but can you trust it, teacher?” “If you mean it’s too easy I understand your fear but, the light shows what’s ahead. It does not take trust to walk where you can see.” “Is there such a thing for life?” “What does right look like for…
5 Things I Saw Today

May 31, 2025

May 31st I was sifting through boxes of my mom’s ’keepsakes’. Here are five things I saw that I think are worth noting: I’m done thinking for the day, done seeing things about the past. The future is a vast vacuum of time. Right now is not too fun though so that leaves me…
Finding my Way

May 26, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE #4 May 26 As I’m chipping away, Making my way forward, Hitting brick walls in every direction, I have to ask myself, Why did I think this was the way out of the maze of life? But then I look closer, Some of those bricks are made of sand. If I hit a…