Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Self-Driving Cars: The Old Folks’ Freedom
Apr 06, 2016
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Self-driving cars will change the lives of older Americans, though they may not know it yet. Joseph Coughlin, director of MIT’s AgeLab says “Younger people tend to trust technology without verifying it, while older people want to understand what’s happening.” (“Will Seniors
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Tumblr, Pizza And The Neighborhood
Apr 04, 2016
Tumblr is a social network site used by 10% of people who prowl the internet, according to the Pew Research Center, (“The Secret Lives Of Tumblr Teens,” by Elspeth Reeve, New Republic, March 2016, pg. 51) My blog first appeared there in 2010. The site was lively and I gained f
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Online Shopping Or The Mall?
Apr 01, 2016
Online shopping is increasingly popular and ordering from a website can beat driving to a mall. Getting your package on your doorstep is easier than hauling it home from a store, particularly as many web retailers are offering free shipping. So what’s not to like? Well, there ar
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Ticks, Lyme Disease and Spring
Mar 31, 2016
Ticks, those tiny arachnids that feed upon blood and leave their calling card in the form of Lyme disease, arrive with the warm weather and thanks to global warming, they are extending their habitat, bringing “novel and emerging tick-related viruses with them.” (“The Tick Pred
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Ralph Nader Exposes The Weakness In Tort Law
Mar 30, 2016
Ralph Nader writes about erosions in tort law which limit the ability of a citizen to be heard in court. (“Suing for Justice,” by Ralph Nader, Harper’s, April 2016, accepts 57-62.) A tort, which goes back to Roman times, is the due process an individual can exercise to redr
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Media Headlines — Truth Is Often A Casuality
Mar 29, 2016
Media headlines are like cow pies in a country field. Their purpose is to create a stink that attracts attention. Truth is often a causality. I’ve felt the sting of phony headlines as an elected official. When I refused to relocate my office to the 14th floor of a new high
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Picasso, His Heritage And The Headache For His Heirs
Mar 28, 2016
Picasso enjoys a lock on the minds of art lovers like no other. A majority of artists, like me, spend the bulk of our lives canoeing against the tide of indifference. Our work is seldom seen and seldom admired beyond friends and family. Little wonder that we seldom consider the do
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Discount Special for Ballet Noir
Mar 26, 2016
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO BLOG READERS Ballet Noir_ Front Cover- My fourth novel, Ballet Noir will be released April 14. For the fist time ever, I am able to offer a pre-publication discount of 10%. Order before April 14: http://www.blackrosewriting.com/romance/ballet-noir. PRE
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Foreign Studies: A Way To Economic And National Security
Mar 25, 2016
What most Americans know about foreign policy and life in other countries comes largely through war. My mother, a Costa Rican by birth, has spent much of her existence fuming at America’s ignorance about other countries. As a teen ager, I thought she was being un-American. As
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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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