Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
I Die, You Die, They Die
Aug 10, 2023
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“Suicide,” someone murmured after reading the announcement that a woman had died at the retirement center. “She was estranged from her family,” said another who stood beside the first speaker. Her remark rang true because the death notice asked that no condolences be left for
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Everyone Has A Story To Tell
Aug 03, 2023
My essay below first appeared in the ebook magazine Women Writers, Women’s Books on July 27, 2020. This is a reprint of that article. EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL “Everyone has a story to tell,” said the woman seated opposite me at my retirement center. Somewhere in her 80s
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Art In The Time Of Chaos
Jul 27, 2023
“I think my mind just exploded.” Those were a subscriber’s words after reading my blog, The Time Travelers. I knew the compliment didn’t refer to my writing skills. It was a response to the content. The topic was about advances in science and Artificial Intelligence. (AI). I
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The Time Travelers
Jul 20, 2023
My branch bank was closing. The nearest location was three miles away. I don’t own a car so the distance was significant. Needing to learn how to make future deposits, I stopped by the office to learn about options. The acting manager greeted me with a smile and waved m
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The God Dilemma
Jul 13, 2023
The Lord is in control, the Facebook entry said. I’m not religious, but I often find “Thank you, Jesus,” remarks threaded through my feed page. Mostly, I ignore or delete them. But on the day this one popped onto my computer screen, I was in a different state of mind. If
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A Fly Buzzed When…
Jun 29, 2023
The fly sitting in the staircase window of my retirement center has been dead for several months. Unlike me, most folks don’t use the back exit to reach ground level. They prefer the elevator. I may be the only person in the building to bear witness to the insect’s slow deca
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Learning From The Apes
Jun 22, 2023
In 2011, Lara Logan, a CBS reporter, was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square covering the Arab Spring celebration– the peaceful overthrow of Hosni Murbaraks’ military dictatorship. The crowd was jubilant as they sang and danced in the streets, so the reporter was surprised when her
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In Search Of Meaning
Jun 15, 2023
The woman on Facebook said I didn’t understand her comment and accused me of being sarcastic. I thought I was engaging in subtle teaching. She needed to see what she’d written made no sense and that blaming others for misunderstanding her wasn’t kosher. The person who send
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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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