Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
October 5, 2011
Oct 05, 2011
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WHY CUCKOO BIRDS SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO FLY Sometimes I wonder “Is it me or has the world gone crazy?” At such moments I take comfort from the great works of literature that have asked the same question. David Wright asked it in his play, “Marat/Sade” (blog post 8/3/201
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Oct 04, 2011
DEMOCRACY – WHERE WILLS COLLIDE Virgil, the Roman poet, wrote “the greatest wealth is health.” During 2012 elections, I’ve no doubt the question of the nation’s wealth will be examined in terms of health care. The question will be asked: “Is good health vital to the we
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Oct 03, 2011
KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON I bought another book at the Dollar Store last week. This one is called “PANIC: the Story of Modern Financial Insanity” by Michael Lewis, a bestselling author on the stock market. Mainly, Lewis gives us stories from the 1987 crash. While they are interesting as
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Sep 29, 2011
THOUGHTS ON EDITING LIFE I don’t remember which painter was guilty. I think it was Toulouse Lautrec who used to visit the Louvre with his box of paints to dab at his canvas’ imperfections. It happened so often, the museum had to instruct their guards to escort him off the premi
Continue Reading →Hi Caroline, I'm enjoying reading your blog which my mum referred me to-I, I guess 'savaged' is the right word, tgwtdtattoo a couple of years ago in a blog post you might find diverting on my friend's website the ember, oh you can't add links here- if you search for tattoo and ember and my name jon hurford, you'll find it- Regards, Jon
Sep 29, 2011
Hi Jon, Got your message. Thanks for stopping by. Thank your mom too. I’m not very electronically saavy but will try to follow the link routes you suggested.
Continue Reading →September 29, 2011
Sep 29, 2011
WHEN HOPE BECOMES ENTRAPMENT The first in a disturbing series of films by writer / director Nincenzo Natali came out during the late 1990’s. In “The Cube” Natali creates a Kafkaesque world where people find themselves trapped inside a giant receptacle. They have no idea how they
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Sep 28, 2011
THE MISCHIEF IN ME Alan Sillitoe wrote touchingly about a boy sent to a British reform school in “The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.” The director of the reformatory discovers this borstal boy is a talented runner and makes his charge an offer. If the boy wins an upcom
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Sep 27, 2011
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Sep 26, 2011
A BASIC EDUCATION – FEMININE STYLE The September issue of “Vogue” features a profile of Christine Lagarde, the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first women to hold the position. The article recounts the usual vital statistics: married twice a
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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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