Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
January 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
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REVELATIONS OF A PARK Susan Heeger, a guest writer for “Good Housekeeping” wrote about her daily walks through the park which she’s been doing for the last 14 years. (“Good Housekeeping,” “A Walk in the Park” 1/2012) She writes about the community of walkers around her
Continue Reading →January 16, 2012
Jan 16, 2012
NO ONE IS FREE UNLESS EVERYONE IS FREE – Women have a dream, too Before we get dewy-eyed about the democratic revolutions going on in the Middle East, we need to look closely at who tends to benefit. Certainly, cats won’t benefit, or dogs, or pigs or chickens, and neither, it seem
Continue Reading →January 13, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
HOISTED BY THEIR OWN PETARD At last, some wily citizens in danger of foreclosure on their homes have found a loophole in the mortgage chaos that may teach the bankers an expensive lesson. Christopher Ketcham explains in his article for “Harper’s” (Jan. 2012) how th
Continue Reading →January 12, 2012
Jan 12, 2012
ADULTRY, ABORTION AND BETRAYAL – Just another ordinary day Bernard Berenson was an art critic who died in 1959 but who, before the light faded from his eyes, bemoaned what he considered to be the coming age of mediocrity in America. He’s not alone in his thinking. Philip Roth rece
Continue Reading →January 11, 2012
Jan 11, 2012
FACING OUR ANGELS AND DEMONS Steven Pinker’s new book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature” argues that peace and not war is beginning to take hold around the globe. Pinker is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard and his conclusion is the result of years of study. At first,
Continue Reading →Jan 10, 2012
I recently appeared as a guest on the Portland-based Internet talk show, “Tell Me About It” with Francine Raften. She is a gracious, engaging host who turns conversation into a contact sport! Once you finish laughing.. be sure to check out Francine’s Internet home at
Continue Reading →January 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012
UNLESS YOU’RE JERRY SEINFELD – It has to be about something A couple of weeks ago I joined a site of fellow bloggers. I’ve been told this is a way to connect with others who share the same interest and perhaps pick up an idea along the way. Like every new environment, I’m stru
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Jan 08, 2012
KIRKUS – TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE The “New York Times” recently printed a story about a woman author who purchased a critique from “Kirkus Review” for her self-published novel (“Self-Publishers Flourish as Writers Pay the Tab,” by Motoko Rich, Book Secti
Continue Reading →THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES
Jan 07, 2012
“The Power of Nightmares,” is a 3 part film (available on DVD) about the simultaneous rise of radical conservatism in both the Islamic and Christian worlds. Strongly recommended of anyone struggling to get a perspective on where we are in the world today.
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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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