About: My Journey So Far.
Claire Butler
Claire Butler was born in Dayton, Ohio, in a sleepy little part of town called North Riverdale, about a half a mile from the Great Miami River. Claire is a writer and an artist with a love for tennis, animals, gourmet cooking and studying French.
She moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1980, where she married and raised two children while teaching art and art history for eleven years at the parochial school where her children were enrolled. She loves chilling with family and friends, and has just completed her memoir, with the working title, “Someday You Will Understand,” about growing up with two mentally ill parents. It’s a story about survival in a time when mental illness was thought to be a human failing rather than a metabolic disorder that wreaks havoc on one’s thoughts.
Her second book, titled, “Conversations With the Tuesday Night Girls,” Is a collection of short stories about her inner circle of friends who meet every Tuesday night to chat; they have been gathering since 2009.
Claire has had short stories published by Story Circle Network, The Cincinnati Enquirer, and Indiana Voice Journal. She has sold her art since 2007 and briefly retired from her brushes and easel to complete her two books.