Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Cataract Surgery — A Note Of Enouragement This Halloween
Oct 31, 2017
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The morning after my second cataract surgery, I stood on the street in front of my retirement center, waiting for a ride to see my eye doctor. Soon a group of residents shot through the entrance on their way to an exercise class. Seeing the pirate’s patch over my right eye,
Continue Reading →Oregon Leads The Way
Oct 30, 2017
I’ve lived long enough to recall when public service was an honorable occupation. Over the years, that view among many has changed. Today, when politicians make headlines, they are being unmasked as liars, cheats and hypocrites. Seldom do we see them praised for the good they do
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A Method To The Madness Of Local Government
Oct 27, 2017
To the average person, the workings of government can appear mysterious and bizarre. That strangeness may be why taxpayers can grow suspicious of their elected officials. For example, when a county sells land to an individual for $1, some might wonder. Is something going on under th
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Ship Of Fool
Oct 25, 2017
Donald Trump has written another executive order that will come to nothing. That order instructs the IRS “…to exercise maximum enforcement discretion to alleviate the burden of the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits religious leaders from speaking about politics and candidates fro
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Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man
Oct 23, 2017
Professor Higgins’ line from My Fair Lady asks why a woman can’t be more like a man. He sees women as frivolous, inferior creatures no real man could understand. But change the emphasis of his words and the question asks something different. Why can’t a woman be more lik
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When Scarcity Passes For Value
Oct 19, 2017
How does a ticket priced at $75 to a live theater performance end up costing $1400 on the street? The answer is scarcity. Being a miser, I think $75 for 1 to 2 hours of entertainment is pricy enough. I don’t pay that much to the woman who cleans my apartment and her service
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Richaphobia — Notes On The Bad Luck Of Being Rich
Oct 18, 2017
Americans have a strange relationship with money. Everyone wants to be rich but most resent those who are. Bernie Sanders would tie the wealthy to a pyre and light a match, even though he made over a million dollars last year. That schizophrenia between striving to be rich and hav
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Trudeau, NAFTA And Values
Oct 17, 2017
I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Labor Movement of a long, long time. The organization, however, can be doctrinaire and retrograde in its thinking. Unlike my brothers and sister, for example, I supported the NAFTA treaty. Yes, I acknowledged there’d be a disruption
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MOMA’S New Broom Sweeps Out More Than Intended
Oct 16, 2017
Once again, the deck chairs are being rearranged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA). After the venerable Philippe de Montebello retired as director, Thomas Campbell (Blog 4/26/17) took his place, bringing with him a “new broom” approach to modernizing the institution. Hi
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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