Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
June 16, 2011
Jun 15, 2011
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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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Jun 14, 2011
THE ENEMY WITHIN I read a curious article in the Yahoo news (5/24/11) recently about a Canadian couple who was refusing to divulge the sex of their 4 month old child, hoping to allow the infant to develop without suffering a gender bias. Not long after, I came across a report that sai
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Jun 13, 2011
SCRAPS OF LIFE ON A TELEPHONE POLL The telephone poles on my way to the park are often plastered with posters. At the busy intersections most of them advertise entertainment events but as I move deeper into the neighborhood, the messages are of a personal note. A poster is a literary
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Jun 12, 2011
A READING STATE OF MIND Authors write books in a mood and about moods. I suppose that’s why I have several tomes lined up beside my armchair with bookmarks sticking out of them. Some take me into realms of thought; others are an opportunity to kick back and allow myself to be take
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Jun 09, 2011
THE TWO SIDES OF METAMORPHOSIS Recently, I met a group of friends for lunch. The day was warm and pleasant and there was much friendly chatter at the table for we hadn’t seen one another in some time. It felt good to be in their midst. They were contemporaries who’d worked in coun
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Jun 08, 2011
THOUGHTS ABOUT A STORY BOOK QUESTION The Caterpillar in Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” pauses from his high perch to ask the title character, “Who are you?” The question seems simple enough but when the answer doesn’t satisfy, the child is subjected to a lec
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Jun 07, 2011
HOW TO AVOID ARGUMENTS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING We all know that reasonable minds can differ in spite of the facts. Now science is beginning to understand why. In a recent article that appeared in the May 20 edition of “This Week,” Chris Mooney, a science writer, discusses th
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Jun 06, 2011
LIVING IN FEAR OF THINGS THAT GO BUMP, DAY OR NIGHT “Waiting to Exhale,” a novel by Terry McMillan, is the story of four women who are “holding their breaths” until they find men to whom they can commit their lives (Wikipedia). I’ve never read the book nor have I s
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Jun 05, 2011
THOUGHTS ON THE APPROACH OF MY 75TH BIRTHDAY What makes me feel old is when: I see an ad for a Drink Milk campaign and I can’t identify the celebrity with the white mustache; I read Michael Fox has turned 50 and “Back to the Future” is celebrating its 25th anniversary. I
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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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