Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
August 25, 2010
Aug 25, 2010
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A TEACHER CALLED HUMOR I love James Thurber. “My Life and Hard Times” is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. In fact, Heart Land is set in Ohio as a subtle tribute to the author. I’ve read Thurber’s book several times and still can’t get through the pages w
Continue Reading →August 24, 2010
Aug 24, 2010
ALLEGORIES OF GOOD AND EVIL A few years ago, I wrote an allegory. I don’t mean to appear immodest, but it’s one of the most satisfying pieces of writing I’ve have ever done. Unfortunately, I found no market for it. Allegory, a moral tale told with symbols, has gone out of style.
Continue Reading →August 23, 2010
Aug 23, 2010
THE ONLY SECURITY OF ALL IS A FREE PRESS – Thomas Jefferson Last Friday, I received an early phone call from a former student I taught while I lived in what’s now called Zimbabwe. Today she’s 62 years-old and runs a travel agency out of South Africa. She’d like to sell the
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Aug 20, 2010
WRITERS OF MISINFORMATION For the most part, advertising is misinformation I don’t need, though occasionally, it has its amusement value. Ellen DeGeneres, actress and TV talk show host, has recently become the advertising face for Cover Girl cosmetics. She’s part of a campaign for
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Aug 19, 2010
THE FOUNTAIN PEN IS AS MIGHTY AS THE COMPUTER When I was in elementary school and brought homework with me on weekend visits with my father, my stepmother knew how to coax me into doing it. She was raised in Wisconsin, the oldest daughter of thirteen children and knew plenty about rai
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Aug 18, 2010
Hi Panchomanyeti, Just found your reblog to me on a blog that belongs to Exogenesis. I’m not clear how all this works. Mostly I type and my PR guy does the set up. I’ll ask him to explain why your remarks to me came via Exogenesis or maybe Exogenesis is another site o
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Aug 18, 2010
THE SOUND OF SILENCE Wise men have written that if one attains enlightenment, the need for words falls away. What exists is perfect silence. I don’t know if the statement is true and I do know my level is enlightenment is about the thickness of a sheet of paper, but as I grow olde
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Aug 17, 2010
WRITERS AND INSECTS HAVE MUCH IN COMMON For the past two years, few honey bees visited my garden; but this season they are back. I’ve always had bumble bees. It’s hard to miss them with their large furry bodies and black and yellow stripes. The honey bees, being smaller and less c
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Aug 16, 2010
WHO KNEW? BLOGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU Last Thursday I went with a friend to see ”Inception,” a film that explores dream- like states as an extension of reality. He said the movie was good, but I suspect he wanted to go because of the popcorn. Once his container is empty, he usually f
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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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