Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
October 6, 2010
Oct 06, 2010
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ART FOR ART’S SAKE? BAH, HUMBUG Didn’t P. T. Barnum say, “There’s a sucker born every minute?” I don’t wish to be that judgmental, but sometimes I do wonder why people do the things they do. As I ate my oatmeal this morning, I read an article about a new trend in New Yor
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Oct 05, 2010
THE NEWS VERSUS WINNiE THE POOH Given the speed with which information or disinformation travels through the internet and the media, I sometimes find it hard to keep my chin up. This past week, I’ve been subjected to enough horror stories, both fact and fiction, to turn my grey hair
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Oct 04, 2010
I’M SORRY On Saturday, I had brunch with a group of friends, two of them who served as former staff members when I was in politics, and all of them still working at their careers. We are a group of nine and I am the senior citizen, retired and separated from the youngest member by
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Oct 01, 2010
THAT IS THAT On Thursday, I wrote a blog which celebrated a writer’s non-judgmental analysis of the world, an attitude I thought the rest of the population might emulate. Today, I’ve read an article which debunks my point of view (Blog 9/30/2010). It was an interview with Pakistan
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Sep 30, 2010
A WRITER’S POINT OF VIEW I’m always surprised at how little we seem to know ourselves. Recently, someone e-mailed me to say she was amazed that I accomplish all that I do. A flattering comment, if getting a number of chores out of the way is worthy of praise. What amuses me is so
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Sep 29, 2010
SHAKESPEARE VERSUS DAN BROWN A while back, I had lunch with a former student who had just returned from a performance of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” As we were leaving for the restaurant he said, “I really don’t like Shakespeare.” His voice was barely above
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Sep 28, 2010
SAMUEL BECKETT’S BROKEN COMPASS Why do I do these things to myself? I’ve set a deadline to finish my fourth novel by the end of September. I’m not going to make the deadline but I’ll continue to write at a frantic pace, like a college student with a term paper due in 24 hours
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Sep 27, 2010
WHEN LIFE MEETS ART Saturday, I went to a baby shower I’d been anticipating (Blog 9/1/2010). I was met by a butler in a dark suit, a pink satin tie and with the requisite tea towel slung over his left arm. His left hand held a bottle of bubbly which he poured freely. He turned out t
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Sep 24, 2010
A LIFE LIVED IN TOOTHBRUSH TIME My electric toothbrush has a two minute timer on it. I try to be disciplined and stay the course, but sometimes standing for two minutes with a brush humming in my mouth is just too-o-o long. All in all it requires six minutes a day to keep my dentist h
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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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