Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
February 3, 2012
Feb 03, 2012
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THOUGHTS ON THE WAY TO THE ENDGAME I received a belated New Year’s message from a former student I taught in what is now called Zimbabwe. Today she runs a small travel agency in South Africa called Rufaro. She’s been in the business for several years and I’ve watched her struggl
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Feb 02, 2012
LIFE LIVED AS A BEER BELCH Not long ago, (1/12/12) I wrote about the trend toward mediocrity in American society as decried by Bernard Berenson and Philip Roth, among others. Apparently the cry is growing louder than I realized and the threat more real than I imagined. The columnist
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Feb 01, 2012
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME A friend recently sent me the January 7 edition of the “Financial Times” which contained a book review of “The Science of Delusion” by Rupert Sheldrake. Sheldrake is a biochemist whose field is morphogenesis – the study of how organisms
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Jan 30, 2012
TEACH A LION TO LAUGH? NOT NECESSARY I’m reading a novel set during the time of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to universal suffrage. Like so many books about this country, “Skinner’s Drift” by Lisa Fugard, paints a stark picture of exotic terrains that s
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Jan 30, 2012
DO I CONTRADICT MYSELF? I picked up another book at the Dollar Store a while ago, though I didn’t crack it open until yesterday. I bought it because it carried a seal on the cover designating it as a 2006 “Notable Book” by the “New York Times.” I try not to be a sn
Continue Reading →January 27, 2012
Jan 27, 2012
DR. OZ AND GINKGO AND ASTRAGULUS … OH MY! Being 75 and living alone with only a 95 year-old-mother as my nearest relative, I spend a good deal of time reading about the aging process and how to stay healthy. Like most seniors I know, I want to remain independent for as long as I can
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Jan 26, 2012
ILLUMINATION FOR A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT Cozy mystery novels are my favorite companions during the long winter months. Fortunately, there are many writers in this genre, more than I have time to read, in fact. But when I find an author I especially like, I make a practice of reading
Continue Reading →January 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012
THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM AND HUMILITY A recent news article on Yahoo (1/3/12) reported that given global warming, certain animal species are adapting to the change. Notably, cold and warm water sharks have begun to mate with one another, creating a new strain capable of existing in a wider
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Jan 24, 2012
A TALE HALF TOLD I’ve just finished reading one of my book finds from the Dollar Store, Don DeLillo’s “Point Omega.” Normally, I wouldn’t identify the author of a work I didn’t like but DeLillo is a National Book Award winner so I’m certain my pale criticism 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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