Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Self-Driving Cars: Are They Already Retrograde?
Jul 01, 2016
I’ve been eating Spinach and doing yoga exercises in the hope of living long enough to see a self-driving car. But yesterday, I woke up to learn my aspirations are way behind the curve. More likely, I’ll see flying cars before self-driving ones. Believe it or not, the tech
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U.S.A: The World’s Biggest Debtor And the Long Bond
Jun 30, 2016
This campaign season, the voter hasn’t heard much about government debt, probably because, not only is the subject boring, but it is also depressing. According to an article in Bloomberg Businessweek, “The U. S. government is the world’s biggest debtor…” (“Why the U.
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The Long And Short Of It: Women’s High Fasion
Jun 29, 2016
While I’m standing at the lunch counter at the retirement center, a woman whom I’ve known for several years greeted me with surprise. Had I grown and inch or two she wondered. By her recollection, she’d always been taller than I. She was right, of course. But age had don
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Bank Tellers In A Virtual World
Jun 28, 2016
When I finish this blog, I’m headed to my bank with money from the sale of Ballet Noir at a weekend book fair. I won’t need an armed guard, but I sold enough to make me happy. What makes me unhappy is my bank. The tellers have been eliminated and in their place are two computers
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The Intentional Fallacy, Against Interpretation And Meaning In Art
Jun 27, 2016
In 2014, I wrote about the Intentional Fallacy, a term of literary criticism. (6/5/14) The theory states that to understand a work of art, nothing is relevant except the piece itself. Knowledge of the artist’s childhood or what he or she ate for breakfast has no bearing on int
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Closed Primaries: A Good Reason To Preserve Them
Jun 24, 2016
I made a comment on Face book the other day about closed primaries. I don’t understand why people are so exorcised about them. The system isn’t new, having been practiced for decades. Folks who want to participate in a primary register with the party of their choice and vote.
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Millennials Loose Sweet Tooth and Endanger E. T.
Jun 23, 2016
As I wrote in an earlier blog (6/20/16), Millennials are imposing changes on the American landscape. One of those changes has to do with the way they eat. The younger generation tends to snack throughout the day rather than sit down to 3 full meals. (“Why Hershey Is Losing Its S
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Thoughts On Technology And Change
Jun 22, 2016
Browsing through a recent edition of The Baffler, I came across an… I don’t know what. Was it an essay, a poem? The piece consisted of 300 words strung together without a period and closed with, “Remember there is life and there is death…” (“Remember This,” by Robe
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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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