Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
What’s Yours Is Mine
Mar 09, 2015
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“Somewhere between plagiarism and homage,” writes Michael Kinsely, “there is a line.” (The Imitation Game,” by Michael Kinsley, Vanity Fair, March 2015, pg. 197) He raises an important point, and as a blogger who works from source material, I regularly question whether wha
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On DNA And Cats
Mar 06, 2015
23andMe was founded by Anne Wojcick and named for the 23 pairs of chromosomes that comprise the human DNA. She created the company because she believes people should have access to their biological data. The FDA disagrees and now her company is in a tussle with the governmen
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What’ll You Have, Hombre?
Mar 05, 2015
Being a vegetarian is something I don’t talk about much. The decision was mine and I made it when I was 11, to the chagrin of my mother. Back then, mealtimes became so cantankerous, she hauled me off to the doctor for a lecture on nutrition. Her strategy backfired. She
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Chocolate Anyone?
Mar 04, 2015
A cry of rebellion has permeated the emails flashing back and forth among the newer residents of the retirement center where I live. As might be expected, the complaints are about the food. It’s too salty, the meat’s too stringy, the variety too meager and worst of all, the pr
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New Beginnings
Mar 03, 2015
A former student wrote to say that having married in her junior year of college, she’d left to raise a family, As she nears retirement, however, she’s decided to return to school to finish her degree. Naturally, I applauded her decision just as I did when my mother earned he
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Want More Control In Your Life?
Mar 02, 2015
Feeling out of control in your life? Join the club. Not only is there a growing gap between rich and poor around the world, but the gap between society’s leaders and the man in the street is enough to leave anyone queasy. Take, for example, the gap between the way scientists v
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To Be Or Not To Be A Mother
Feb 27, 2015
I wrote earlier about research concerning women who avoid highly competitive careers in order to raise a family. (Blog 1/29/15) Others have chosen differently, deciding to remain childless so they can compete in those challenging jobs. The decision to have a child or not can b
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Who Owns Culture?
Feb 26, 2015
James Cuno, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust writes in “Cultural War,” that when Turkey’s Minister of Culture, Ertugrul Gunay, suggests “each and every antiquity in any part of the world should eventually go back to its homeland,” the gentleman is in error. (F
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Enlightened Men
Feb 25, 2015
Though I am a self-proclaimed feminist, I discovered recently that the majority of my readers are men. The division between the sexes isn’t large but enough to surprise me. True, I don’t target a specific audience with my blogs. I write what interests me and hope others will
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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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