Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Beauty And The Beholder
Sep 11, 2017
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In a recent interview, Nobel winner Toni Morrison talked about growing up as an African American and what color and beauty meant within the black community. At Howard University, which she attended, she said there was a test for beauty. The ideal was to have skin no darker than th
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The Wisdom of Unmanipulated DNA
Sep 08, 2017
There was a time not long ago when government funded most of the medical research in this country. (“Tech’s Quest for Immortality,” reprint from The Washington Post article by Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Week, May 8, 3/15 pg. 37.) Now, two-thirds of that research is funded by bi
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IQ and Genius: Bedfellows But Not The Same
Sep 07, 2017
When I was a senior in college, I took a class in art history from a beloved professor, Lloyd Reynolds. On the day our final exams were returned, the professor called out my name and discovering I had skipped class, he read my essay to those present. After he’d finished, he conc
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Who You Gonna Trust? Robo-Adviser!
Sep 06, 2017
I can think of nothing spookier and more like science fiction than turning to a robot for advice on my savings and retirement accounts but, believe or not, the time is neigh. Two companies, Betterment and Wealthfront are betting their robots can provide quality advice and undercut e
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The Miracle Of Silence
Sep 05, 2017
At the retirement center I’m learning the fine art of living in a community while retaining my solitude. The impulse of others to be welcoming is touching, so I am developing ways to assure my neighbors that solitude isn’t synonymous with being lonely. Solitude is a quest for a
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Making Room In Utah,2
Sep 04, 2017
Walking the streets of my new neighborhood, I saw a sign posted on a telephone pole. The notice announced a tenants’ rent control meeting. I could understand why such a gathering was necessary. Thanks to gentrification, affordable housing has declined at an alarming degree, sh
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A Lesson In How To Avoid Turning Blue
Sep 01, 2017
When I took yoga classes a while ago, the teacher kept reminding her students to breathe. I thought that was strange because breathing is as natural as, well…. breathing. But, Emma Sepala, PhD at Stanford University and co-author of a book on post-traumatic stress affirms that, “t
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Buffalo Bill Is Defunct, Not Dead…Cumming’s Defiance
Aug 31, 2017
“You mustn’t be so open-mined that your brains fall out.” That’s the advice avant garde poet, Marianne Moore once gave to her fellow poet, E. E. Cummings. Whether she had any influence over him or not is unknown but a new biography of the man reveals he was clear about his opi
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I Talk Therefore I Am
Aug 30, 2017
I admit it. I’ve been known to talk to myself. Yesterday, I had to get snarky. Three times I attempted to leave the house and three times, I returned for my keys, my purse and finally, my gloves. Exasperated, I bellowed to the four walls, “Hello Caroline. How about joining the par
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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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