Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
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SMALL MIRACLES THAT AREN’T SO SMALL Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” is among the more famous novels about a child who suffers abuse. In the real world, too many of these stories are truth. But even well-intended parents face challenges as they raise a family. In fact, it’s a
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Jun 26, 2011
WE GET MORE THAN ONE BITE OF THE APPLE In his memoir, “Idea Man,” Paul Allen, who collaborated with Bill Gates to create Microsoft, recalls their early years together in high school. Allen was a couple of grades ahead of Gates, but they shared an interest in writing progra
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Jun 23, 2011
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH This may sound strange coming for a woman approaching 75, but every morning I awake and think how best to live my life. I’ve been lucky in my experiences thus far. My work has been varied and I’ve enjoyed general good health — though there have been moments w
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Jun 22, 2011
THE FAMILY OF MAN In 1955 Edward Steichen was curator for a collection of photographs from around the world that were to be exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. The purpose was to celebrate the best examples of this creative medium. What it achieved was far more. Steichen gave to th
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Jun 21, 2011
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME Washington Irving is credited with authoring the classic tale, “Rip Van Winkle,” the story of a man who escapes unpleasant circumstances by sleeping through them. Similar stories can be found in various cultures from ancient Greece and China to later tales
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Jun 20, 2011
WHERE ARE THE MEN? Many books have been written about social injustice. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” comes to mind in the struggle against slavery. Alan Paton’s, “Cry the Beloved Country” documents similar conditions for the blacks living u
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Jun 19, 2011
OUT OF AFRICA AND IN INTO ONESELF I’ve recently finished reading Alexander McCall Smith’s eleventh book in “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” series and was stunned to read his description of the Africa veldt. As his central character steps out of her van to look
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Jun 16, 2011
THE SNAKE IN THE GARDEN Christopher Hitchens is an English author and journalist whose work spans 40-years. Currently he’s put the promotion of his memoir, “Hitch-22,” on hold as he struggles with a virulent form of esophageal cancer. In the June edition of “Vanity
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Jun 15, 2011
THE POETRY OF LIFE I rose early this morning to take my park walk, wanting to be home in time to meet with my gardener. At that hour, I had the place to myself and sauntered along, admiring the rain that had begun to fall and the pearls it deposited on the dusty leaves of the Rhododen
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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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