Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
March 8, 2011
Mar 07, 2011
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WAR OF THE WORDS… I’ve been considering whether or not to publish parts of my blog as a memoir. Just as Anne Morrow Lindbergh drew connections between the rhythms of beach life with her own, so I have been drawing parallels between my day to day observations and themes from litera
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Mar 06, 2011
THE WHITE NOISE OF COFFEE HOUSES Last Saturday, I met a friend at a small coffee house in my neighborhood. About 30 customers had filled the place and most of them were so fixed upon their lap tops that few, if any, looked up when we entered. After ordering our beverages, my friend an
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Mar 03, 2011
ON CHOOSING THE SOUND OF SILENCE Conrad Aiken wrote a classic short story called “Silent Snow, Secret Snow” which chronicles a 12-year-old boy’s decent into stillness and isolation. The story begins as the child, lying in his bed, notices the postman’s footsteps seem m
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Mar 02, 2011
HOW TAXING The line “I have measured out my life in coffee spoons,” keeps stirring in my head today (T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”). The image speaks to an existence of no importance… an existence that is trivial. Perhaps Eliot could have chosen a
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Mar 01, 2011
WE DON’T FEED PEOPLE TO THE LIONS ANYMORE… One of my favorite authors is Anton Chekhov. I love his short stories and all his plays. He thought of the latter as comedies even though most of his characters are miserable, self deluded, and even suicidal. What made them comedies in hi
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Feb 28, 2011
IN PRAISE OF DAUGHTERS Irshad Manji in her book “The Trouble with Islam” documents her life growing up in the Muslim culture and questions beliefs she feels are not only contradictory but squander the talents of women. She cites numerous passages in the Koran which seem to
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Feb 27, 2011
“OLD MAN AND THE SEA” AND THE GRAPEFRUIT DIET A friend put me on to a mystery writer I’d never read and I’ve just finished the first in a series featuring a female detective. The author has a clipped style so the novel moves at a brusque pace. Some introspection dots
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Feb 24, 2011
WHEN ART SHOULDN’T IMITATE LIFE ART (courtesy: Castle Rock Entertainment) Shakespeare’s “Othello” is one of literature’s many examples of a dark passion that ends
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Feb 23, 2011
I MAY BE A NOBODY, BUT… Emily Dickinson wrote a poem I’ve quoted before because it always brings a smile to my lips: (Blog: October 25, 2010) It begins with: “I’m a nobody! Who are you?” Today, I’m giving
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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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