Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
April 5, 2012
Apr 05, 2012
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OF MICE AND MEN As I write these words, I am in mourning for a mouse. In part, I blame my upbringing — all those childhood stories where animals behaved like people. Every month, when I was old enough to read, a comic book arrived at my house filled with stories about a girl a
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Apr 05, 2012
Book reviewer Alan Caruba added GOTHIC SPRING to his Picks of the Month for April. http://bookviewsbyalancaruba.blogspot.com/2012/03/bookviews-april-2012.html Alan is a founding member of the National Book Critics Circle. Thanks, Alan! Every good notice helps. GOTHIC SPRING has a new
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Apr 05, 2012
WHEN WORDS FAIL On a warm afternoon, not long ago, I found myself near an Indian restaurant that perfumed with exotic aromas. I love Indian dishes but to my great sorrow, few of my friends do, so I often find myself eating alone. Lunch on that day was no exception and as I’d spent
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Apr 04, 2012
ALWAYS ON A SUNDAY For me, the “S” in Sunday stands for sloth; so after a breakfast of bananas and oatmeal, I remained in my fleecy robe and crossed into the living room to read. On the opposite wall, the computer screen glared accusingly. “Shouldn’t you be
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Apr 04, 2012
SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF A BEGUILING TALE In the investment world, corporations are described as vertical or horizontal entities. A vertical business is one that deals with a narrow range of products, like a tire company or cheese factory. A horizontal business is one that engages in nu
Continue Reading →CARPI DIEUM (seize the day) – April 4, 2012
Apr 04, 2012
My alumni news magazine reported recently that two classmates from my undergraduate days had died. They were my age, naturally, so I was brought up short. 75 is a respectable age for dying. Most of life’s experiences have been sampled: a career, marriage, family and friends. Still
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Apr 03, 2012
JUST AN ORDINARY DAY Sunday, I decided to take a stroll to one of the local used bookstores in my area. It’s a 50 minute walk round trip and as the previous few days had brought nothing but rain, this warm, Sunday afternoon came as a relief. The washed blossoms of the plum tre
Continue Reading →When Words Fail
Apr 02, 2012
On a warm afternoon, not long ago, I found myself near an Indian restaurant where the air was perfumed with exotic aromas. I love Indian dishes but as few of my friends do, I often find myself eating alone. Lunch on that day was no exception. After ordering a curry, I waited for m
Continue Reading →Always On A Sunday
Mar 30, 2012
For me, the “S” in Sunday stands for sloth; so after a breakfast of bananas and oatmeal, I remained in my fleecy robe and crossed into the living room to read. On the opposite wall, the computer screen glared accusingly. “Shouldn’t you be writing?” it seem
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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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