Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Virtue of Dog-Eared Books
Dec 02, 2016
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This is embarrassing. I went to a book sale the other day and sold all my novels, including my personal copy of Gothic Spring. I sold it by mistake. The book is valuable to me because I use it when I do readings. The pages are dog-eared and marked with comments I wish to m
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Working With The Brain To Enhance Function
Dec 01, 2016
If you’re feeling jittery about where the country is going, there’s good news on the personal front. The link between physical exercise and mental acuity is real. (“Ask the Brains,” Scientific American Mind, Sept/October 2016, pg.72.) As we already know, the brain requires
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A Time To Roar
Nov 29, 2016
Before Donald Trump has been sworn into the presidency, pundits, their past failed prognostications forgotten, are predicting he will be a one-term office holder. (Click) Meanwhile, Democrats are wringing their hands and emailing to their constituents about their disappointment over
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Warning Signs
Nov 28, 2016
After the November 8 election, a friend sent me the November 11, 2016 OP Ed piece by David Brooks from the New York Times. A number of my liberal friend speak kindly of the writer. He is their token conservative, I presume. In deference to them I reprint his remarks and follow w
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A Feminist Pauses To Consider The Plight Of The American Male
Nov 25, 2016
Until the 2016 Presidential election, it was safe to say women were making strides toward equality. Some hurdles remain Women are barred from the priesthood in the Catholic Church and still lag behind men in equal pay. (“Noted,” The Week, November 11, 2016,pg. 16,). Whether
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Sure, Wear The Pin
Nov 23, 2016
After the 2016 presidential election, I read an opinion piece that mocked people who donned a safety-pin to show their solidarity with marginalized people. (Click) The critic, Christopher Keelty, accused these individuals of hypocrisy: assuaging their guilt rather than taking substa
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Inquiring Minds Want To Know About The New York Observer
Nov 22, 2016
The morning after the 2016 Presidential election, I shared a link on Facebook but failed to vet it. Loss of sleep and disappointment over the outcome led me to be careless. But that’s no excuse and I apologized to my friends on the social media site. Due diligence is the watch
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Cognitive Dissonance And Women’s Liberation
Nov 21, 2016
Depending upon what surveys you read, a majority of women voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, but not by a wide margin. (Click) Thirty-nine percent went for her opponent, a certifiable misogynist. One woman explained she was uncomfortable with her support
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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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