Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Friendships That Are Stronger Than Words
Mar 26, 2013
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Bestselling author, Elizabeth Berg wrote in an essay, “I don’t believe an online relationship is a relationship – not a real one.” (“The Case for Face,” by Elizabeth Berg, Good Housekeeping, April 2013, pg. 121.) The statement caught my eye because of a recent exchange I
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In Search of Self
Mar 25, 2013
The actor, Dustin Hoffman, now 75, recently made the observation that “as the body becomes more limited, the soul expands.” Life, he proclaims should be about “finding that thing that the very idea of just fills you.” (“Dustin Calls the Shots. Finally.” By Meg Grant, AARP
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Mar 22, 2013
Today marks a celebration. Today this blog begins its 4th year. Given that I write 5 days a week (M-F) on the written word and life, that feels like no small accomplishment. The virtual world is a scary and crowded place. Launching a blog feels like arriving at the Hollywood Oscars
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Blog Writing: To Thine Own Self BeTrue
Mar 21, 2013
A woman on my Facebook page shared an article on the 7 mistakes a beginning blogger makes. They include believing that writing well will bring readers, or that having a well designed webpage is important, or that writing every day counts. The author also sneers at what he considers an
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What Makes You Happy?
Mar 20, 2013
There’s another book out to tell us how to live happier if not longer lives: Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Don Buettner. He lists 10 suggestions which aren’t new but probably bear repeating, though I don’t agree with all of them. They include living in certain
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A Charlie Brown Moment
Mar 19, 2013
We have a bookstore in my town which, despite the growth of Amazon, has survived. One reason is customer loyalty. Where I live, the natives like to think local. I am not a fan of the store, though I do buy books there. I was proud of them once, when Salman Rushdie was targeted for dea
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A Remembrance of Something Lost
Mar 18, 2013
Aryn Kyle, author of the best seller, The God of Animals, recently revealed her long affair with a married man, one of her former college professors. In her effort to make the relationship work, she admits she spent the $500,000 she earned for her first book in an attempt to buy her w
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A Question About Questions
Mar 15, 2013
I’m not the first to wonder if our quest for knowledge is getting us anywhere. For centuries, as a specie, we’ve scrambled around the universe trying to get to know it and, as a consequence, discover ourselves. The result of our accumulated knowledge has been to raise more questio
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Let Them Eat…
Mar 14, 2013
With all the animosity toward the United State in various parts of the world, I wonder if we might be sending the wrong ambassadors. If I were responsible for dealing with our critics, I’d start by reading the February issue of Fortune magazine. It teaches us better ways to conquer
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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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