Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Stalking The Future
Oct 12, 2021
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“To go where no man has gone before,” was Geoff Hinton’s hope when he continued to pursue deep learning while other computer wizards abandoned the idea. His eventual success made him wealthy and opened new possibilities. Automated fusion, is one example, the model for managing a
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Corrupt Patriotism
Oct 07, 2021
“We are a storytelling species, every bit as much as a tool-using one,” writes the author of The English Professor Who Foresaw Modern Neuroscience. I agree. As a teacher, I would tell my students, “If you want to see how your mind works, write something.” Composition exp
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Counterfactuals
Oct 05, 2021
As a writer, I read voraciously. Anyone who claims to be a writer but reads little is delusional. Each journey through another person’s mind is a data point that increases our knowledge. Failing to keep up with new ideas invites trouble. For example, a woman on Facebook referred to
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Spaces Between Data Points
Sep 30, 2021
Selfies on social media platforms are common. Hold a cell phone at arm’s length, choose a flattering angle from which to shoot, then share the image with the world. The picture represents a self-impression: the face we create to meet the facts that we meet.* Our self-image is la
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Afghan Women Send A Message
Sep 28, 2021
Sex is good. Sex is fun. But sex isn’t power. Some women don’t grasp that fact. Crammed into padded bras that make chin rests of their breasts, these gals ought to know when a man faces so much cleavage, he can’t hear a word they say. The young female who wore a see-
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Sep 23, 2021
Due to a computer failure, new blog posts will be postponed for a few days. Please watch for the next post soon!
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They’re Either Too Young Or Too Old
Sep 21, 2021
A U. S. voter isn’t surprised that Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, New York Congresswoman woman from New York and a democratic liberal, fails to see eye to eye with Joe Manchin, a conservative democratic Senator from West Virginia. But a public dustup over age is surprising. Manchin at 7
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Frenemies
Sep 16, 2021
The public face of the Taliban is that of a stern and punitive terrorist group. So, I was surprised to come across an Indian publication with pictures of these men, still clutching to their rifles, as they played with bumper cars and on trampolines in an Afghan amusement park. In thei
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The Laughing Buddha
Sep 14, 2021
Believe it or not, shock-jock talk show host Howard Stern agrees with Greg Abbott, the conservative Republican governor of Texas. Both feel individuals should be held accountable for their actions. Stern is cranky about anti-vaxxers who spread both Covid-19 and its Delta variant to ot
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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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